INTERPERSONAL TRUST AT WORK AND ORGANISATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT INTERDEPENDENCY MODEL

Authors

  • Dagmara Lewicka AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12775/JPM.2015.017

Keywords

Organisational trust, Organisational commitment, Proffesional commitment, Social Exchange Theory, Trust Propensity

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of level of trust upon employee commitment. Two types of organisational trust was taken under consideration: impersonal- vertical and horizontal commitment as well as four types of organisational commitment: affective, normative, continuance benefit-based and fear-based and professional commitment: affective, normative and continuance. Also influence of trust propensity upon the level of particular types of organizational trust was tested.

The survey was conducted in Poland on randomly selected 501 employees. Structural equation models were estimated confirming hypothesized relationships and explaining the substantial amount of variance of commitment measures. Research results allowed for verifying the model presenting relationships between organisational trust and commitment. 

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LEWICKA, Dagmara. INTERPERSONAL TRUST AT WORK AND ORGANISATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT INTERDEPENDENCY MODEL. Journal of Positive Management. Online. 16 April 2016. Vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 83-100. [Accessed 5 July 2025]. DOI 10.12775/JPM.2015.017.

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