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http://dx.doi.org/10.12812/ksms.2017.19.4.231

The Relationship of Local Employee's Personnel Characters, Organzational Formalization and Organizational Commitment: The Case of Korean Firms in Shandong Province of China

Ma, Jun (Dept of Global Management, Hongik University)
Li, Longzhen (Dept of Global Management, Hongik University)

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Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science / v.19, no.4, 2017 , pp. 231-240 More about this Journal

Abstract

The paper explores the relationship among the personnel characters, organizational formalization and organizational commitment in Korean firms in Shandong province of China. In this paper, the employee's personnel characters include the sexual, job, college graduate, collectivism(value attitude), Power distance(value attitude). The results of anaysis shows that College gratuate have negative effects on the organizational commitment, and the collectivism have positive effection on the affective commitment, the perception of organizational formalization have positive effects on the affective commitment. And, the perception of organizational formalization have moderlate effects among the job, college gratuate, collectivism, power distance with organizational commitment. Based on the these results, the paper described the theoretical and practical implications.

Keywords

Affective Commitmen; Continuous Commitment; Formalization; Local Employee;

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