Values congruence and organisational commitment: P-O fit in higher education institutions

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Title: Values congruence and organisational commitment: P-O fit in higher education institutions
Author(s): Lawrence, Ann; Lawrence, Peter
Abstract: This study examines business students’ individual values and their perception of their university’s values and the relationship between these values and affective organisational commitment. Findings indicate that both groups of business students rated their personal values as consistent with the rankings of the major pan—cultural values with strong ethical orientation and self—development and learning values. In both educational institutions organisational vision values and individual conservatism values predicted affective commitment. Findings also indicate statistically significant differences between the students’ personal values and their perception of their university’s values, suggesting a degree of lack of P—O fit between the students’ values and their university’s values.
Publication type: Journal article
Source: Journal of Academic Ethics, Vol. 7, no. 4 (2010), pp. 297-314
Publication year: 2010
FOR Code(s): 2201 Applied Ethics
Keyword(s): Commitment; Organisational values; Personal values; Value congruence
Publisher: Springer
ISSN: 1570-1727
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10805-010-9103-2
Peer reviewed