1. Human Resource Management and Commitment in Dutch Child Day Care.
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Boselie, Paul and Veld, Monique
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COMMUNICATION methodology , *PERSONNEL management methodology , *CHILD care , *HYPOTHESIS , *AUTONOMY (Psychology) , *CHILD care workers , *COMMITMENT (Psychology) , *CONCEPTUAL structures , *STATISTICAL correlation , *EMPLOYEE attitudes , *FACTOR analysis , *JOB satisfaction , *MOTIVATION (Psychology) , *PROFESSIONAL employee training , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *REWARD (Psychology) , *SCALES (Weighing instruments) , *T-test (Statistics) , *WAGES , *TEAMS in the workplace , *JOB performance , *MULTIPLE regression analysis , *CROSS-sectional method , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
The aim of this study was twofold: The first aim was to investigate the level of employee commitment in child day care centers toward different foci, i.e., the organization, occupation, and team. The second aim was to examine the influence of high-performance work practices on these types of commitment. A cross-sectional design was used to collect data through a questionnaire from employees (N = 212) working in Dutch child day care organizations. The findings suggest that employee scores on organizational commitment were significantly lower than scores on occupational and team commitment. Furthermore, the results showed that several high-performance work practices were positively related to the three types of commitment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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