Abstract

The present study first investigated the conceptual discrimination of J.P.Meyer and N.J.Allens(1991) 3-component model of organizational commitment and organizational identification. Responses to the self-administered questionnaire measuring 3-component model of organizational commitment and organizational identification were collected from 513 white-collar workers of the Korean large corporations, and analyzed by an exploratory factor analysis. All items in questionnaire consisted of 7-point Likert-type scales. The existence of 3 facets of Organizational commitment (affective, continuance, and normative) and organizational identification was generally supported by an exploratory factor analysis. The second survey was conducted to confirm the four factor structure from 1,682 white-collar workers of the Korean large national corporations. Using confirmatory factor analysis to compare the one-, three-, and four-component model, affective, continuance, normative commitment and organizational identification also were identified as distinct concepts. Results supported four factor solutions as proposed.