Relationships between Work Commitments and Experience of Personal Well-Being
- 1 April 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 60 (2) , 459-466
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1987.60.2.459
Abstract
It was hypothesized that work commitment is positively related to personal well-being along most of the commitment range. At the top end of the range, however, where “overcommitment” is indicated, a deterioration of well-being was expected. The sample consisted of 257 young, primarily men, retail managers. Analysis indicated a linear relationship between commitment and well-being across the whole range. The findings support the traditional position that personal commitment to central domains of life contributes to well-being. They do not support the hypothesis concerning detrimental effects of “overcommitment.”This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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