Challenge Is Key: An Investigation of Affective Organizational Commitment in Undergraduate Interns Academic Article

abstract

• 2005, Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. In this study, the authors investigated factors related to affective organizational commitment in undergraduate interns. They examined job challenge, supervisor support, and role stress as antecedents to commitment. Results based on a sample of senior undergraduate students (N = 71) showed that the 3 work variables explained 35% of the variance in affective organizational commitment. The authors discuss implications for educators and managers in charge of designing and implementing quality internships.

authors

• Dixon, Marlene

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF EDUCATION FOR BUSINESS

author list (cited authors)

• Dixon, M. A., Cunningham, G. B., Sagas, M., Turner, B. A., & Kent, A.

citation count

• 43

complete list of authors

• Dixon, Marlene||Cunningham, George||Sagas, Michael||Turner, Brian||Kent, Aubrey

publication date

• January 2005

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

keywords

• 35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services
• 3507 Strategy, Management And Organisational Behaviour
• Behavioral And Social Science

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.3200/JOEB.80.3.172-180
• 10.3200/joeb.80.3.172-180

start page

• 172

end page

• 180

volume

• 80

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.3200/joeb.80.3.172-180