Validity Assessment of Compliance, Identification, and Internalization as Dimensions of Organizational Commitment

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of an organizational commitment survey developed by O'Reilly and Chatman (1986) who conceptualized organizational commitment in terms of three distinct, measurable dimensions: (a) internalization, (b) identification, and (c) compliance. Data from 100 employees were subjected to two-factor and three-factor oblique solutions. Results of factor analyses and tests of reliabilities did not support O'Reilly and Chatman's three-factor theory of organizational commitment. The two-factor solution yielded a better fit of the data.