Career Commitment in STEM: A Moderated Mediation Model of Inducements, Expected Contributions, and Organizational Commitment. (May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cai, Huiru; Ocampo, Anna Carmella G.; Restubog, Simon Lloyd D.; Kiazad, Kohyar; Deen, Catherine Midel; Li, Min
• Is Part Of: Journal of career assessment. Volume 26:Number 2(2018:May)
• Page Start: 359
• Page End: 376
• Publication Date: 2018-05
• Subjects: career commitment -- employee–organization relationship -- expected contributions -- organizational commitment -- offered inducements -- social exchange -- STEM workforce; Vocational guidance -- Periodicals; 331.702
• DOI: 10.1177/1069072717695586
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1069-0727

Abstract

In this article, we draw insights from the employee–organization framework to test a model linking offered inducements and expected contributions to career commitment through organizational commitment. Data were collected from 396 full-time chemists and laboratory specialists who work in a large health-care organization in China. Results revealed that organizational commitment mediated the relationships between employee–organization framework (i.e., offered inducements and expected contributions) and career commitment. Moderated mediation analyses further revealed that the conditional indirect effects of offered inducements in predicting career commitment via organizational commitment were stronger for high as opposed to low expected contributions. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.