The perceived organizational support(POS) is the perception of employees on the personified organization's commitment to the employees. Eisenberger and colleagues(1986) argued that employees develop perceptions of organizational support because people...
The perceived organizational support(POS) is the perception of employees on the personified organization's commitment to the employees. Eisenberger and colleagues(1986) argued that employees develop perceptions of organizational support because people tend to ascribe traits and qualities to organizations through a process of "personification"(Levinson, 1965). This personification of an employer by an employee represents an accumulation over time of rewards and punishments the employee has received from other, more powerful organization members. Further, for POS to be enhanced, the employee must view the organization's actions in relation to him- or herself as discretionary and as reflecting positive evaluations(Eisenberger et al., 1986; Shore & Shore, 1995). Thus, we expected that an employee's history of rewards, which result from various human resource practices and decisions, would contribute to perceived organizational support.
The purpose of this study is (1) to examine the effects of the perceived organizational support on the organizational commitment , (2) to examine if the organization-based self-esteem has a moderating impact on the relationships between POS and the organizational commitment, (3) to examine if the work autonomy has a moderating impact on the relationships between POS and the organizational commitment,
This study reviews prior literature on the perceived organizational support, and on the organizational commitment. Oh the basis of extensive literature reviews, it constructs 3 hypotheses.
Through empirical analyses, this study could find three research results as follows. First, this study indicates that the perceived organizational support has a positive impact on the organizational commitment. It indicates that the stronger POS, the stronger organizational commitment. Thus, POS is likely to lead employees to develop a sense of belonging to and pride in their organization.
Second, organization-based self-esteem moderates the relationship between POS and organizational commitment, the results indicate that the greater the extent to which individuals have organization-based self-esteem, the greater the effects of POS on organizational commitment.
Third, work autonomy moderates the relationship between POS and organizational commitment, the results indicate that the greater the extent to which individuals have autonomy, the weaker the effects of POS on organizational commitment.