"Commitment is a state of being in which an individual becomes bound by his actions and through this actions to beliefs that sustain his activities and his own involvement."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Academics from the United StatesPsychologists from the United StatesBusiness theorists from the United States
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Gerald R. Salancik (1982), "Attitude-behavior consistencies as social logics." Consistency in social behavior: The Ontario symposium. Vol. 2. 1982. p. 207
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gerald_R._Salancik
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Gerald R. Salancik
Gerald R. (Jerry) Salancik (Jan. 29, 1943 - July 24, 1996) was an American organizational theorist, and Professor at . He is best known for his work with Jeffrey Pfeffer on "organizational decision making" and "the external control of organizations."
12 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Gerald R. Salancik →
Related Quotes
"The effects of subunit power on organizational decision making and the bases of subunit power are examined in a large…"
"The most frequently encountered view of commitment in organizations is one having to do with an individual's psycholo…"
"Two contributors to explicitness are the observability of the act and the unequivocality of the act. Some acts are no…"
"Success ruins everything.Pfeffer, Jeffrey, and Christina T. Fong. "The business school ‘business’: Some lessons from …"
"This article outlines a approach to explain . In comparison with need-satisfaction and expectancy models of job attit…"
"People as adaptive organisms adjust their behavior and beliefs to the social context and to the reality of their own …"
"The term rationalize refers to any situations in which a person's action is described with reference to some supporti…"
"The theme of this book, and the underlying premise of the external perspective on organizations, is that organization…"
"The criticality of a resource can be measured as the ability of an organization to function in the absence of the res…"
"There is one word that best describes Jerry Salancik: mischievous. He was always full of mischief and brought an atti…"