Just as for organizational goals and organizational leadership, parallels for family life can be easily found in research on "Organizational Commitment: Its Major Effects." Without commitment by family members to their goals and family leadership, it is doubtful that there will be a high degree of success and satisfaction in family endeavor. Research (Baron and Greenberg 1986, 164) indicates that "Organizational commitment appears to exert powerful effects on several aspects of work behavior." I believe that most of these effects are paralleled in the family. These authors summarize and chart 2 groups of factors related to "Level of organizational commitment":
Factors Tending to increase Organizational Commitment
Factors Tending To Reduce Organizational Commitment
Organizational Commitment
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FACTORS TENDING TO INCREASE ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT |
FACTORS TENDING TO REDUCE ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT |
| Motivating potential of specific job |
Role ambiguity |
| High level of responsibility |
Job tension |
| High level of autonomy |
Availability of other employment opportunities |
| Satisfaction with own level of work performance | Belief that company does not care about employees |
| Seniority/tenure |
Use of punishment by supervisors |
| High quality of supervision |
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| Fair appraisals |
