PERCEIVED CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF PROPERTY-RIGHTS TO JOBS

We report two studies of property rights to jobs. Perceptions of havin g or not having a property right were manipulated in a vignette in the first study. Having a property right was viewed as being associated w ith increased commitment, organizational citizenship behaviors, willin gness to sue for wrongful dismissal and decreased absenteeism and turn over in a sample of 202 undergraduates. In a second, self-report study property rights were associated with increased organizational commitm ent, increased perceptions of control at work, and organizational tenu re in a sample of 95 clerical employees.