ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT ACROSS CULTURES - THE IMPACT OF ANTECEDENTSON KOREAN EMPLOYEES

This study analyzed whether demographic and situational factors identi fied in the U.S.-based literature had the same antecedent influence on the commitment of 1192 employees in 27 large Korean firms. Consistent with U.S. studies, the Korean employees' position in the hierarchy, t enure in their current position and age all were significantly related to organizational commitment. Total tenure and education were not rel ated. As for the situational antecedents, except for management style, all the others were significantly related. Specifically, as organizat ion size increased, commitment decreased; as the structure became more employee focused, commitment increased; and the more positive the org anizational climate perceptions, the more the commitment. Although the exceptions need to be explained, this study provides beginning eviden ce that the theoretical constructs predicting the organizational commi tment of employees may have cross-cultural validity.