Affective commitment is an emotional attachment to the organization and a belief in its values; while she disliked the job for whatever reasons, she did like her coworkers and had formed genuine friendships, so it was harder for her to exit because she had an emotional attachment to the people (Robbins & Judge, 2009, p. 79.) This girl had recently purchased a home, so economically speaking, it was important for her to continue working so she could make her mortgage payment. This exemplifies the continuance commitment stated in our text because the economic value of remaining with the organization was greater than exiting at the time when she had no other options for income. The normative commitment was defined by Robbins and Judge as an obligation to remain with the organization for moral or ethical reasons. While it was very clear
Affective commitment is an emotional attachment to the organization and a belief in its values; while she disliked the job for whatever reasons, she did like her coworkers and had formed genuine friendships, so it was harder for her to exit because she had an emotional attachment to the people (Robbins & Judge, 2009, p. 79.) This girl had recently purchased a home, so economically speaking, it was important for her to continue working so she could make her mortgage payment. This exemplifies the continuance commitment stated in our text because the economic value of remaining with the organization was greater than exiting at the time when she had no other options for income. The normative commitment was defined by Robbins and Judge as an obligation to remain with the organization for moral or ethical reasons. While it was very clear