Employer Educational Assistance: An Assessment of the Impact on Organizational Commitment
Cynthia J. Guffey
(Research Assistant, Internal Revenue Service, Nashville District)
Judy F. West
(Professor of Management, School of Business, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
Charles S. White
(Professor of Management, School of Business, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
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Abstract
Successful organizations recognize that employees are their most valuable resource because of employee commitment to the organization. Organizational commitment is a multi‐dimensional variable which is the degree of loyalty to one's job and organization. Employers should strive to increase organizational commitment of employees. One suggested method is employer educational assistance.
Citation
Guffey, C.J., West, J.F. and White, C.S. (1997), "Employer Educational Assistance: An Assessment of the Impact on Organizational Commitment", Management Research News, Vol. 20 No. 1, pp. 12-30. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb028514
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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