TY - JOUR
T1 - Affective organizational commitment in global strategic partnerships
T2 - The role of individual-level microfoundations and social change
AU - Ghouri, Arsalan Mujahid
AU - Akhtar, Pervaiz
AU - Shahbaz, Muhammad
AU - Shabbir, Haseeb
PY - 2019/9
Y1 - 2019/9
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Affective organizational commitment
KW - Construct validation
KW - Global strategic partnership
KW - Individual-level micro-foundations
KW - Social change
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85067346886&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.techfore.2019.05.025
DO - 10.1016/j.techfore.2019.05.025
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85067346886
SN - 0040-1625
VL - 146
SP - 320
EP - 330
JO - Technological Forecasting and Social Change
JF - Technological Forecasting and Social Change
ER -