Jeng-Her Chen
Department of Sociology Fu Jen Catholic University
This paper compares the latest development in organizational commitment concept and the commitment concept in Travis Hirschi’s social bond theory. By extending McCaul’s concept of commitment as a global attitude toward an organization, this study explores the possible relationship between beliefs and behaviors mediated by organizational commitments. A sample survey of students from colleges of law and management supports the idea proposed. The commitment concept of the social bond theory can be linked to the organizational commitment research tradition, with a predicted intermediating effect between beliefs and behaviors.
Keywords: organizational commitment, social bond, intermediating effect