Affective organizational commitment in global strategic partnerships: The role of individual-level microfoundations and social change

Ghouri, Arsalan Mujahid; Akhtar, Pervaiz; Shahbaz, Muhammad; Shabbir, Haseeb

Abstract

The roles and commitment of employees within global strategic partnerships are imperative to their success. Whilst previous studies have addressed certain individual-level microfoundations and social change in an interpretivist manner, this study first proposes a theoretical framework consists of individual-level microfoundations, social change and affective organizational commitment—interlinked with social identity theory. We then validate the 16-item scale for individual-level microfoundations and the 24-item scale for social change based on data collected from global strategic partnerships. For testing of our conceptualization, path modeling finally confirms significant relationships between the constructs. Our findings further present the partial mediating role of social change between individual-level microfoundations and affective organizational commitment. Therefore, the study provides a new pathway in advancing our understanding of global strategic partnerships. It also validates two new constructs directly relevant to managing global strategic partnerships. We discuss theoretical and practical implications of these linkages and contributions, and conclude by providing suggestions for future research.

Citation

Ghouri, A. M., Akhtar, P., Shahbaz, M., & Shabbir, H. (2019). Affective organizational commitment in global strategic partnerships: The role of individual-level microfoundations and social change. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 146, 320-330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2019.05.025

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 25, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Jun 18, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019-09
• Deposit Date: Jan 23, 2020
• Journal: Technological Forecasting and Social Change
• Print ISSN: 0040-1625
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 146
• Pages: 320-330
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2019.05.025
• Keywords: Individual-level micro-foundations; Social change; Affective organizational commitment; Global strategic partnership; Construct validation
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/2310799
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0040162518313167?via%3Dihub
• Related Public URLs: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/75463/
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