Alternative Approaches to the Employee-Organization Relationship: Does Investment in Employees Pay Off?

Four approaches to the employee-organization relationship are described. An empirical study of employees from 10 companies found support for the basic hypothesis that employee responses differ under the 4 types of relationship. In general, employees performed better on core tasks, demonstrated more...

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Published in:Academy of Management journal 1997-10, Vol.40 (5), p.1089-1121
Main Authors: Tsui, Anne S, Pearce, Jone L, Porter, Lyman W, Tripoli, Angela M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Corporate culture
Employees
Employers
Employment
Employment security
Equity
Flexibility
Loyalty
Organizational behavior
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Summary:Four approaches to the employee-organization relationship are described. An empirical study of employees from 10 companies found support for the basic hypothesis that employee responses differ under the 4 types of relationship. In general, employees performed better on core tasks, demonstrated more citizenship behavior, and expressed a higher level of affective commitment to an employer when they worked in an over-investment (by the employer) or mutual investment relations than when they worked in a quasi-spot-contract or under-investment relationship.
ISSN:0001-4273
0000-1427
1948-0989
DOI:10.5465/256928