Organizational Identification at a Multinational Company

Visscher Irene () and Beerkens Roos ()
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Visscher Irene: Utrecht University Faculty of Humanities Utrecht, Netherlands
Beerkens Roos: Utrecht University Faculty of Humanities Utrecht, Netherlands

Journal of Intercultural Management, 2020, vol. 12, issue 3, 67-98

Abstract: Objective: The present case study investigates to what extent employees working at the Dutch site of an American multinational biotechnology organization identify with this company. According to prior research, organizational identification leads to higher commitment to the organization. Gaining more insight into which factors drive or impede organizational identification can help organizations increase their employees’ identification and thus, commitment. Two hypotheses were tested. First, organizational identification was expected to be higher among international employees than Dutch employees. Second, a correlation was expected between organizational identification and organizational commitment.Methodology: A questionnaire was conducted among 296 employees of the company site. The scale of Edwards and Peccei (2007) was used to measure the construct of organizational identification. Mowday et al.’s (1979) Organizational Commitment Questionnaire was used to measure the construct of organizational commitment. All data was statistically analyzed with the software SPSS; an independent samples t-test was performed to test the first hypothesis and a Pearson correlation coefficient was computed to test the second hypothesis.Findings: Both hypotheses were confirmed. A significant difference was found between international employees (M = 5.25, SD = 1.05, n = 81) and Dutch employees (M = 4.96, SD = 1.12, n = 215) regarding organizational identification (t(293) = -2.03, p =.04, d = 0.27). Moreover, a significant positive correlation exists between organizational identification and organizational commitment (r(295) = .81, p

Keywords: Organizational Identification; Organizational Commitment; Multinational Organizations; Social Identity Theory; Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 J61 M14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.2478/joim-2020-0045

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