The University of Southampton
University of Southampton Institutional Repository

The future of workplace commitment: key questions and directions

The future of workplace commitment: key questions and directions
The future of workplace commitment: key questions and directions
This position paper presents the state-of-the art of the field of workplace commitment. Yet, for workplace commitment to stay relevant, it is necessary to look beyond current practice and to extrapolate trends to envision what will be needed in future research. Therefore, the aim of this paper is twofold, first, to consolidate our current understanding of workplace commitment in contemporary work settings and, second, to look into the future by identifying and discussing avenues for future research. Representative of the changing nature of work, we explicitly conceptualize workplace commitment in reference to (A) “Temporary work”, and (B) “Cross-boundary work”. Progressing from these two themes, conceptual, theoretical and methodological advances of the field are discussed. The result is the identification of 10 key paths of research to pursues, a shared agenda for the most promising and needed directions for future research and recommendations for how these will translate into practice.
commitment, contingent employment, temporary employment, cross-boundary working, attachment
1359-432X
153-167
van Rossenberg, Yvonne
5fe12648-195f-4de0-9dbd-822afef45577
Klein, Howard
0d7adbca-7f18-4938-bb13-46d3eeab2ef6
Asplund, Kajsa
60ca4cd3-70fa-4618-bbd2-48ff0436e33e
Bentein, Kathleen
531a4525-a7ac-4858-93e8-fbd1417879f5
Breitsohl, Heiko
7043bf19-a717-4857-9014-b34ff40a851f
Cohen, Aaron
3de58597-a4ce-4813-9c07-9280a57d5dc5
Cross, David
a240c578-1f07-45d8-b2f5-a61d71ec061d
Ana Carolina, de Aguiar Rodrigues
93b9c5aa-f47c-4ecc-ac19-a3f271db0ae9
Duflot, Veronique
e2ab4a99-5b7e-403d-89a6-9de30407828f
Kilroy, Steven
9551e1f2-47e3-4677-b2b7-f68523a8ba3a
Ali, Nima
21899e6f-496c-464b-9e0e-9443c31d5862
Rapti, Andirana
f1695c81-69c9-4121-9190-b681078246c0
Ruhle, Sascha
7a2fb6eb-01dc-4360-89ec-1afdfdfc79aa
Solinger, Omar
177dbbf4-b61a-427a-8395-fa8fbfff55a3
Swart, Juani
a9474956-09f1-4faf-a612-61c7670dcbc9
Yalabik, Zeynep
b1380ee7-7101-43a1-8af2-bc5063d63926
van Rossenberg, Yvonne
5fe12648-195f-4de0-9dbd-822afef45577
Klein, Howard
0d7adbca-7f18-4938-bb13-46d3eeab2ef6
Asplund, Kajsa
60ca4cd3-70fa-4618-bbd2-48ff0436e33e
Bentein, Kathleen
531a4525-a7ac-4858-93e8-fbd1417879f5
Breitsohl, Heiko
7043bf19-a717-4857-9014-b34ff40a851f
Cohen, Aaron
3de58597-a4ce-4813-9c07-9280a57d5dc5
Cross, David
a240c578-1f07-45d8-b2f5-a61d71ec061d
Ana Carolina, de Aguiar Rodrigues
93b9c5aa-f47c-4ecc-ac19-a3f271db0ae9
Duflot, Veronique
e2ab4a99-5b7e-403d-89a6-9de30407828f
Kilroy, Steven
9551e1f2-47e3-4677-b2b7-f68523a8ba3a
Ali, Nima
21899e6f-496c-464b-9e0e-9443c31d5862
Rapti, Andirana
f1695c81-69c9-4121-9190-b681078246c0
Ruhle, Sascha
7a2fb6eb-01dc-4360-89ec-1afdfdfc79aa
Solinger, Omar
177dbbf4-b61a-427a-8395-fa8fbfff55a3
Swart, Juani
a9474956-09f1-4faf-a612-61c7670dcbc9
Yalabik, Zeynep
b1380ee7-7101-43a1-8af2-bc5063d63926

van Rossenberg, Yvonne, Klein, Howard, Asplund, Kajsa, Bentein, Kathleen, Breitsohl, Heiko, Cohen, Aaron, Cross, David, Ana Carolina, de Aguiar Rodrigues, Duflot, Veronique, Kilroy, Steven, Ali, Nima, Rapti, Andirana, Ruhle, Sascha, Solinger, Omar, Swart, Juani and Yalabik, Zeynep (2018) The future of workplace commitment: key questions and directions. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 27 (2), 153-167. (doi:10.1080/1359432X.2018.1443914).

Record type: Article

Abstract

This position paper presents the state-of-the art of the field of workplace commitment. Yet, for workplace commitment to stay relevant, it is necessary to look beyond current practice and to extrapolate trends to envision what will be needed in future research. Therefore, the aim of this paper is twofold, first, to consolidate our current understanding of workplace commitment in contemporary work settings and, second, to look into the future by identifying and discussing avenues for future research. Representative of the changing nature of work, we explicitly conceptualize workplace commitment in reference to (A) “Temporary work”, and (B) “Cross-boundary work”. Progressing from these two themes, conceptual, theoretical and methodological advances of the field are discussed. The result is the identification of 10 key paths of research to pursues, a shared agenda for the most promising and needed directions for future research and recommendations for how these will translate into practice.

Text
The future of workplace commitment key questions and directions - Version of Record
Download (1MB)

More information

Accepted/In Press date: 2 February 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 13 March 2018
Published date: 2018
Keywords: commitment, contingent employment, temporary employment, cross-boundary working, attachment

Identifiers

Local EPrints ID: 423456
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/423456
ISSN: 1359-432X
PURE UUID: 14efe882-969c-4f33-8920-ba3853d7451f
ORCID for David Cross: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7984-3718

Catalogue record

Date deposited: 24 Sep 2018 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 04:38

Export record

Altmetrics

Contributors

Author: Yvonne van Rossenberg
Author: Howard Klein
Author: Kajsa Asplund
Author: Kathleen Bentein
Author: Heiko Breitsohl
Author: Aaron Cohen
Author: David Cross ORCID iD
Author: de Aguiar Rodrigues Ana Carolina
Author: Veronique Duflot
Author: Steven Kilroy
Author: Nima Ali
Author: Andirana Rapti
Author: Sascha Ruhle
Author: Omar Solinger
Author: Juani Swart
Author: Zeynep Yalabik

Download statistics

Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.

View more statistics

Atom RSS 1.0 RSS 2.0

Contact ePrints Soton: eprints@soton.ac.uk

ePrints Soton supports OAI 2.0 with a base URL of http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/oai2

This repository has been built using EPrints software, developed at the University of Southampton, but available to everyone to use.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we will assume that you are happy to receive cookies on the University of Southampton website.

×