Factors of Reduced Level of Affective Commitment: Evidence from the Banking Sector
Affective Commitment (AC) is a key determinant of positive organizational outcomes. However, certain climatic factors like lack of leader openness to voice (LLV), lack of open communication opportunity (LOC), defensive norms of organizational culture (DNO) and defensive silence (DS) may lead to low level (AC). A mixed method, sequential explanatory design based on quantitative phase followed by qualitative phase is used. The quantitative phase used the probability sampling, questionnaire, structural equation modelling, whereas the qualitative phase used a semi-structured interview, thematic coding and causal networking for sampling, data collection and interpretation respectively. All hypotheses were supported by evidence and explanation was provided for why such relationships exist in the banking context of Pakistan. The implications, future guidelines and study limitations are also discussed.
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Affective Commitment, Lack of Leader Openness to Voice, Lack of Open Communication Opportunity, Defensive Norms of Organizational Culture
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(1) Amen Imran
Lecturer,Institute of Management Studies, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Sundus Wasai
Lecturer, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Henna Gul Nisar
Lecturer,IBMS,The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
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APA : Imran, A., Wasai, S., & Nisar, H. G. (2019). Factors of Reduced Level of Affective Commitment: Evidence from the Banking Sector. Global Social Sciences Review, IV(II), 173-181. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).23
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CHICAGO : Imran, Amen, Sundus Wasai, and Henna Gul Nisar. 2019. "Factors of Reduced Level of Affective Commitment: Evidence from the Banking Sector." Global Social Sciences Review, IV (II): 173-181 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).23
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MHRA : Imran, Amen, Sundus Wasai, and Henna Gul Nisar. 2019. "Factors of Reduced Level of Affective Commitment: Evidence from the Banking Sector." Global Social Sciences Review, IV: 173-181
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OXFORD : Imran, Amen, Wasai, Sundus, and Nisar, Henna Gul (2019), "Factors of Reduced Level of Affective Commitment: Evidence from the Banking Sector", Global Social Sciences Review, IV (II), 173-181
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TURABIAN : Imran, Amen, Sundus Wasai, and Henna Gul Nisar. "Factors of Reduced Level of Affective Commitment: Evidence from the Banking Sector." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. II (2019): 173-181. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).23