Organizational and Professional Commitment in Professional and Non-Professional Organizations: The Case of Nurse Doctorates

Finley, Ashley; Mueller, Charles W.; Gurney, Cynthia A.

doi:10.1016/s0276-5624(03)20008-1

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“…As one subject put it, 6. For somewhat similar findings with respect to other professions, see Wallace 1995, Mueller and Lawler 1999, and Finley, Mueller, and Gurney 2002 There are several different types of satisfaction, . .…”

Section: Personal Imagessupporting

confidence: 59%

Using Autobiographical Statements to Investigate the Identity of American Economists

Reay¹

2007

History of Political Economy

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Section: Personal Imagessupporting

confidence: 59%

Using Autobiographical Statements to Investigate the Identity of American Economists

Reay¹

2007

History of Political Economy

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“…In the study on accountants in the United Kingdom, professionals working in government sectors were generally more prone to experience high levels of OPC . Finley et al (2004) and Shafer et al (2002) found a positive correlation between the experience of OPC and the size of organisations. Evidently, as an organisation's size increases, its structure becomes more formalised, therefore reducing professional autonomy.…”

Section: Organisation-professional Conflictmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This misalignment of values and conflicting expectations may result in a conflict of interest, between professional obligations and organisational expectations, causing tension between professionals and this stakeholder group (Brandsen, 2009;Yu, Lee & Lee, 2007). Finley, Mueller and Gurney (2004) note that the misalignment of mutual expectations or rather, Organisation-Professional Conflict (OPC), is not a recent phenomenon. It appears to have been a challenge for professionals since organisations started utilising the services of professionals.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Measurement of Organisation-Professional Conflict in the industrial psychology profession

2012

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Orientation: Professionals, employed in organisations, operate within professional and organisational contexts serving different stakeholders. Subsequently, professionals may experience tension or conflict between their role as professional and employee.Research purpose: To establish the measurement of the perceptions and experiences of industrial psychology (IP) professionals, employed in South African organisations, with regard to Organisation-Professional Conflict (OPC) as well as the antecedents associated with this phenomenon.Motivation for the study: Although the extent to which professionals experience OPC is well documented for medical and accountancy professionals, the extent to which IP professionals experience this phenomenon remains unclear.Research design, approach and method: A structured questionnaire was developed and applied as a cross-sectional survey to all registered South African IP professionals employed in organisations. Responses based on the N = 143 self-selecting respondents were captured and utilised for statistical analysis.Main findings: OPC in the IP profession can be considered as the incongruence between professional organisational roles and duties, and their responsibility to adhere to professional obligations. Professional autonomy and strategic alignment were found to mitigate the occurrence of OPC, whereas power tension and compromise of professionalism seem to exacerbate the occurrence thereof.Practical/managerial implications: The research might create an awareness of the existence of OPC amongst the respective stakeholders. Knowledge of OPC may have implications for professionals who render their professional services to organisations.Contribution/value-add: The findings may inform formal professional associations, industrial psychologists employed by organisations, their employing organisations, and the governing board, about the nature and extent of OPC.

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“…Professional commitment, the key dependent variable of our study, refers to the relative strength of identification with and involvement in one's profession and entails (a) belief and acceptance of the goals and values of the profession, (b) a willingness to exert effort on its behalf, and (c) a desire to maintain membership in the profession (Aranya, Pollock, & Amernic, 1981;Morrow & Wirth, 1989). Although organizational commitment (an employee's attachment to his or her employer) has received the bulk of the theoretical and empirical attention in the commitment research (see Morrow & Wirth, 1989;Meyer & Allen, 1997), there is some interest in professional commitment in the sociology of work, organizations, and occupations literature (Finley, Mueller, & Gurney, 2003;McDuff & Mueller, 2000;Tuma & Grimes, 1981;Wallace, 1995b).…”

Section: Professional Commitmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Professional Commitment of Russian Provincial Specialists

Osinsky¹,

Mueller

2004

Work and Occupations

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This article examines the determinants of professional commitment of college-educated specialists in one of the Russian provinces. We analyze the specialists’ professional commitment as determined by two sets of orientations: universalistic instrumental factors (compensation, career advancement and opportunities of alternative employment) and specifically professional noninstrumental factors (professional responsibility, cognitive orientation, and cultural capital). Although both instrumental and noninstrumental factors affect professional commitment of Russian specialists, noninstrumental factors are the most important. The article also identifies significant differences between two groups of Russian professionals, technocrats, and the traditional intelligentsia.

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Organizational and Professional Commitment in Professional and Non-Professional Organizations: The Case of Nurse Doctorates

Cited by 11 publications

References 45 publications

Using Autobiographical Statements to Investigate the Identity of American Economists

Using Autobiographical Statements to Investigate the Identity of American Economists

Measurement of Organisation-Professional Conflict in the industrial psychology profession

Professional Commitment of Russian Provincial Specialists

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