“…Organizational commitment has been a top management research priority for several decades (e.g., Aryee and Chayt, 1994;Allen and Meyer, 1993;Boshoff and Mels, 2000;Jaramillo, Mulki, and Marshall, 2005;Johnson, Groff, and Taing, 2009;Strauss, Griffin, and Rafferty, 2009). Organizational commitment represents the strength of an individual's identification with and contribution to a particular organization (Mathieu and Zajac, 1990;Mowday, Steers, and Porter, 1979;Porter, Steers, Mowday, and Boulian, 1974).…”