Item number

Item descriptions (References)

Job involvement [92]

JI3

I am very much involved personally in my job.

JI8

Most of my personal life goals are job oriented.

JI9

I consider my job to be very central to my life.

Intrinsic job satisfaction [55]

IJS4

The chance to be “somebody” in the community.

IJS8

The chance to tell people what to do.

IJS9

The chance to do something that makes use of my abilities.

IJS10

The freedom to use my own judgment

Extrinsic job satisfaction [55]

EJS1

The chances for advancement in this job

EJS2

The praise I get for doing a good job

EJS3

The working conditions

Affective commitment [113]

AC4

I don’t feel “emotionally attached” to this organization.

AC5

I think that I could easily become as attached to another organization as I am to this one.

AC6

I don’t feel like “part of the family” at my organization.

AC8

I don’t feel a “strong” sense of belonging to my organization.

Continuance commitment [113]

CC2

It would be very hard for me to leave my organization right now, even if I wanted to.

CC3

It wouldn’t be too costly for me to leave my organization now.

CC4

Right now, staying with my organization is a matter of necessity as much as desire.

CC5

I feel that I have very few options to consider leaving this organization.

Normative commitment [113]

NC4

One of the major reasons I continue to work in this organization is that I believe loyalty is important and therefore feel a sense of moral obligation to remain.

NC6

I was taught to believe in the value of remaining loyal to one organization.

NC7

Things were better in the days when people stayed in one organization for most of their careers.