Category 1
Which type of commitment is mostly strongly correlated with low turnover?
Affective Commitment
What are the 3 types of commitment and what do they represent?
Affective Commitment: Stay because you want to
Normative Commitment: Stay because you ought to
Continuance Commitment: Stay because you need to
What are the two categories of job performance? Explain what they are
In role performance; Explicit obligations of an employee to keep their job
Extra role performance; Voluntary activities outside of an employees job description
Imagine you are working at a finance firm as an analyst. Your manager assigns you a report that must be completed on Friday. You make your report and submit it two days before the deadline. What is this situation an example of?
In-role task performance
Imagine you are working on a team project in class. Halfway through the project the professor informs your team that another team member dropped out of your class section and will no longer be a part of your team. You reorganize your schedule, learn how to do their part, and pick up their responsibilities of the project in addition to your own. What is this an example of?
Adaptive task performance
Imagine you are a student working as a research assistant for a professor. One of your main responsibilities is to organize the data that you find on paper. This is a tedious, time consuming activity that takes away time to collect more data. You decide to create your own AI generator specific to your type of research to help you organize this data in Excel. After verifying this accuracy, you find this method is more efficient. What is this an example of?
Creative Task Performance
Imagine you are working as a financial analyst who is currently the single form of income for their family. Fortunately, you get into your dream school, Harvard as an MBA candidate. However, you decide to turn this offer down and keep working as an analyst to financially support your family. What is this situation an example of?
Continuance commitment
Imagine you have worked at a small accounting firm for the past 10 years. The company allowed you to have additional paid time off and flexible work hours during a difficult family situation for you. You receive a slightly higher paying job offer from a separate company but decide to turn it down and stay at your current company. What situation is this an example of?
Normative Commitment
magine you have worked at an accounting firm for five years. During your time, the company paid for your CPA exam prep and gave you flexible working hours. You recently received a job offer from another company with a higher salary. You decide that leaving your current firm would require you to repay a portion of your training expenses, so you stay. What is this situation an example of?
Continuance commitment
Imagine you have worked at a small marketing agency since college graduation. You have developed close friendships with various coworkers and enjoy the company culture. You receive a higher paying job at another company and consider accepting it. Ultimately, you just jot added to a new project which the team is understaffed, and you feel guilty leaving them, so you stay. What is this situation an example of?
Normative commitment
Imagine you are an intern at a marketing firm. You spend your day doomscrolling and planning your spring break trip with your friends. When your supervisor walks by, you switch to working on your assigned project. What is this situation an example of?
Withdraw