2010 Conference on Commitment


ADVANCES AND DEBATES SURROUNDING WORKPLACE COMMITMENTS

November 5-7, 2010

The Blackwell Inn

Fisher College of Business

The Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (USA)


Conference Program

Friday   |   Saturday   |   Sunday

Friday, November 5

3:00-6:00 pm             Conference Registration (Blackwell Lobby)

3:30-6:00 pm             Walking tour of The Ohio State University Campus (will depart from the Blackwell lobby). The tour will feature the newly opened Student Union and newly renovated Main Library

6:30-8:30 pm             Optional Group Dinner at O'Shaughnessy's Public House (401 N. Front St, Columbus OH 43215). Transportation provided to and from The Blackwell; Participants pay for their own meal.

 

Saturday, November 6

7:15 am -   8:00 am     Registration, Continental Breakfast

8:00 am - 8:10 am       Opening Remarks

8:10 am - 9:20 am       Commitment and Performance

Affective Commitment and Job Performance: A Multifoci, Multilevel Approach
     Christian Vandenberghe, HEC Montréal, christian.vandenberghe@hec.ca
     Alexandra Panaccio, University of Illinois at Chicago, alex.joelle@gmail.com
     Guylaine Landry, University of Sherbrooke,  Guylaine.Landry@usherbrooke.ca 
     Assâad El Akremi, University of Toulouse 1, assaad.el-akremi@univ-tlse1.fr

Continuance commitment, industrial relations climate and job performance:  a longitudinal analysis
     Roderick D. Iverson, Simon Fraser U., riverson@sfu.ca
     Stephen J. Deery, Kings College, U. of London, stephen.deery@kcl.ac.uk
     Donna M. Buttigieg, Monash U., donna.buttigieg@buseco.monash.edu.au

Multiple Foci of Commitment, Moderated Mediation, and Context: An Integrated Examination of the Commitment-Performance Relationship
     James W. Bishop, New Mexico State U.,jbishop@nmsu.edu
     K. Dow Scott, Loyola U., dscott@luc.edu
     Bonnie F. Daily, New Mexico State U.,bdaily@nmsu.edu

9:30 am - 10:20 am     OCBs and Managing Commitment

Managing Organizational Commitment
     Paula C. Morrow, Iowa State U., pmorrow@iastate.edu

What Role Does Organizational Commitment Play in the Assessment of a Job Candidate’s Potential Value to the Firm?
     Philip M. Podsakoff, Indiana U., podsakof@indiana.edu

10:30 am - 11:40 am   Commitment Bases and Measurement

Commonly Studied bases of commitment
     Gordon Brooks, Macquarie U., gbrooks@efs.mq.edu.au

Temporal development and consistency of attitudinal commitment: The validation of a new measure
     Omar N. Solinger, VU U. Amsterdam, osolinger@feweb.vu.nl
     Jeroen Odink, Maastricht U., j.odink@student.maastrichtuniversity.nl 
     Woody van Olffen, Erasmus U. Rotterdam, wolffen@rsm.nl
     Robert A. Roe, Maastricht U., r.roe@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Validation of a unidimensional, target-free, self-report measure of commitment
     Howard J. Klein, The Ohio State U., klein_12@fisher.osu.edu
     Janice C. Molloy, Michigan State U., molloyj@msu.edu
     Joseph T. Cooper, U. of Wyoming, jcoope17@uwyo.edu

11:45 am - 12:30 pm     Lunch   


12:40 pm - 1:50 pm     Panel Discussion: Construct Distinctions and Redundancy among Commitment, Engagement,
   
                                     Embeddedness, Satisfaction, and Others

    Panelists:
        Jennifer Z. Gillespie, Bowling Green State U., jcarr@bgsu.edu
        Jonathon R. B. Halbesleben, U. of Alabama, jhalbesleben@cba.ua.edu   
        Thomas Lee, U. of Washington, orcas@uw.edu 
        Christopher C. Rosen, U. of Arkansas, CRosen@walton.uark.edu  
    Facilitator: Thomas E. Becker, U. of Delaware beckert@lerner.udel.edu

2:00 pm - 3:10 pm       Culture and Commitment

The “new” normative commitment: A cross-cultural examination
     Mindy Bergman, Texas A&M U., mbergman@psych.tamu.edu 
     Justin K. Benzer, Center for Organization, Leadership, & Mgmt. Research, justin.benzer@va.gov
     Alok Bhupatkar, American Institutes for Research, abhupatkar@air.org
     Adam Kabins, Texas A&M U., ahk325@gmail.com
     Daria Panina, Texas A&M U., dpanina@cgsb.tamu.edu

Employee Commitment: Measurement Equivalence Tests Across Two Points of Time in Different Cultural Contexts
     Dana Mesner Andolšek, U. of Ljubljana, dana.mesner-andolsek@fdv.uni-lj.si
     Janez Štebe, U. of Ljubljana, janez.stebe@fdv.uni-lj.si

Psychological Empowerment, Organizational Politics and Organizational Commitment:  Empirical Evidence from Pakistan
     Naheed Atta, U. of the Punjab, nhd_atta@yahoo.com
     Dan Farrell, Western Michigan U., dan.farrell@wmich.edu

3:20 pm - 4:30 pm      Under-Researched Targets of Commitment  

Commitment to an Organization-sponsored Cause: Construct Definition and Model Extension
     John B. Bingham, Brigham Young U., johnbingham@byu.edu
     Natalie J. Allen, U. of Western Ontario, nallen@uwo.ca 

The Determinants of Affective User Commitment to Mandatory Information System Change
     Matthias Schneider, U. of Cape Town, Matthias.Schneider@uct.ac.za
     Jeffrey Bagraim, U. of Cape Town, jeffrey.bagraim@uct.ac.za  

A Model and Preliminary Evidence for the Effects of Commitment to Prior Organizations on Current Commitment
     Sascha Ruhle, U. of Wuppertal, ruhle@wiwi.uni-wuppertal.de
     Heiko Breitsohl, U. of Wuppertal, breitsohl@wiwi.uni-wuppertal.de


4:40 pm - 5:00 pm    Discussion of First Day Content 

Facilitator: John P. Meyer, U. of Western Ontario, meyer@uwo.ca

 

 

Sunday, November 7

  7:15 am - 8:00 am      Full Breakfast

  8:00 am - 9:10 am      Panel Discussion: Employee – Organizational linkages and Commitment

Panelists:
     Julian Barling, Queen's U. jbarling@business.queensu.ca
     Robert Eisenberger, U. of Houston, reisenberger2@uh.edu
     Lynn M. Shore, San Diego State U., lshore@mail.sdsu.edu
Facilitator: Lyman W. Porter, U. of California, Irvine, lwporter@uci.edu

  9:20 am - 10:30 am   Commitment in Alternative Work Arrangements

Part-time Versus Full-time Employee Differences in Outside of Work Attachments and Subsequent Work Involvement and Commitment
     Jenell L. S. Wittmer, U. of Toledo, Jenell.Wittmer@UToledo.Edu
     James E. Martin, Wayne State U., James.Martin@wayne.edu

Commitment and temporary work
     Dick de Gilder, VU U. Amsterdam, tc.de.gilder@vu.nl

Profiles of Commitment in Alternative Work Arrangements
     Joseph T. Cooper, U. of Wyoming, jcoope17@uwyo.edu
     Laura J. Stanley, East Carolina U., stanleyl@ecu.edu
     Howard J. Klein, The Ohio State U., klein_12@fisher.osu.edu
     Aino Salimäki, Hanken School of Economics, aino.salimaki@hanken.fi  

10:40 am - 11:30 am   Within-Person and Person-Centered Studies of Commitment

Within-Person Variation in Employee Commitment.
     Thomas E. Becker, U. of Delaware , beckert@lerner.udel.edu

A Person-centered Approach to the Study of Commitment
     John P. Meyer, U. of Western Ontario, meyer@uwo.ca
 

11:40 am - 12:00 pm   Discussion of Second Day Content and Closing Remarks

Facilitator: Howard J. Klein, The Ohio State U., klein_12@fisher.osu.edu