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E.2.2a Features of organisational commitment The key feature of organisational commitment include The employee’s desire to stay with the organisation How much the employee believes in and accepts the organisations goals The employee’s willingness to exert effort
on behalf of an organisation E.2.2b Forms of Organisational Commitment According to Allen and Meyer (1990), there are three (3) forms of commitment a)
Affective commitment personal attachment to an organisation b) Continuance commitment the costs and risks of leaving. Our investment
in the organisation (c) Normative commitment the moral dimension loyalty to the employer.
E.3 Attitudes that are Important in Workplaces It may seem as if skills and experience are the most important
characteristics of an employee, but attitude plays just as big of a role. After all, what good are great professional skills without the right attitude to see it all through Attitude can influence
behaviour and vice versa, they can also be mutually influential towards each other at the same time, so if
one is high the other will be, likewise the other way round too. Other factors can influence them both whilst their influence on each other remains consistent and their influence on each other can change as a result of other factors. The following workplace attitude will draw your professional skills and experience to the good of the organisation i)
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