Organizational Commitment: in sickness and in health ? The results of a qualitative study

Amandine Carrier-Vernhet, N. Commeiras and C. Desmarais
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Amandine Carrier-Vernhet: IREGE - Institut de Recherche en Gestion et en Economie - USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc
N. Commeiras: CERAG - Centre d'études et de recherches appliquées à la gestion - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UGA [2016-2019] - Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019]
C. Desmarais: HEIG-VD - Haute Ecole d'Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud [Yverdon-les-Bains]

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Abstract: This article aims to respond to the following question: Under which circumstances organizational commitment fails to protect individuals from ill-being in difficult work situations?A qualitative study was conducted to discover an answer. The life stories of ten executives were examined. The findings of this exploratory research study show that organizational commitment, and more specifically the ensemble of its dimensions (affective, continuance, normative) can co-exist with ill-being situations at work. Specifically, the results reveal the potentially protective effect of affective commitment on ill-being up to a certain threshold, and more precisely, up to its transformation into organizational identification.

Keywords: Health at work; Burn out; organizational commitment; well-being at work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Published in Revue de Gestion des Ressources Humaines, 2014, 94 (94), pp.3-25. ⟨10.3917/grhu.094.0003⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/grhu.094.0003

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