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Organizational Commitment Across Cultures: The Impact of Antecedents on Korean Employees

Department of Management, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0491.

Seung-Hyun Bae

Yeungnam University, Taegu, Korea.

Fred Luthans

Department of Management, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0491.

This study analyzed whether demographic and situational factors identified in the U.S.-based literature had the same antecedent influence on the commitment of 1192 employees in 27 large Korean firms. Consistent with U.S. studies, the Korean employees' position in the hierarchy, tenure in their current position and age all were significantly related to organizational commitment. Total tenure and education were not related. As for the situational antecedents, except for management style, all the others were significantly related. Specifically, as organization size increased, commitment decreased; as the structure became more employee focused, commitment increased; and the more positive the organizational climate perceptions, the more the commitment. Although the exceptions need to be explained, this study provides beginning evidence that the theoretical constructs predicting the organizational commitment of employees may have cross-cultural validity.

Key Words: commitment across cultures • organizational commitment • cross-cultural organizational behavior • antecedents to Korean commitment • Korean employee analysis

Human Relations, Vol. 49, No. 7, 977-993 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/001872679604900705


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