TY - JOUR
T1 - Commitment to legal claiming
T2 - Influences of attributions, social guidance, and organizational tenure
AU - Groth, Markus
AU - Goldman, Barry M.
AU - Gilliland, Stephen W
AU - Bies, Robert J.
PY - 2002/8
Y1 - 2002/8
N2 - This study investigates antecedents of individuals' commitment to the legal-claiming process. Individuals were surveyed as they entered a district office of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to file an employment discrimination claim. Respondents' attributions regarding who they blamed for their grievance, the social guidance received, their organizational tenure, and their commitment to legal claiming were assessed. Results showed that individuals who made strong external attributions had a higher commitment to legal claiming than did those who made weak external attributions. Social guidance and organizational tenure were significant moderators of the attribution-claiming relationship. Specifically, commitment to legal claiming was more strongly related to external attributions when social guidance was low and organizational tenure was high. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
AB - This study investigates antecedents of individuals' commitment to the legal-claiming process. Individuals were surveyed as they entered a district office of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to file an employment discrimination claim. Respondents' attributions regarding who they blamed for their grievance, the social guidance received, their organizational tenure, and their commitment to legal claiming were assessed. Results showed that individuals who made strong external attributions had a higher commitment to legal claiming than did those who made weak external attributions. Social guidance and organizational tenure were significant moderators of the attribution-claiming relationship. Specifically, commitment to legal claiming was more strongly related to external attributions when social guidance was low and organizational tenure was high. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1037/0021-9010.87.4.781
DO - 10.1037/0021-9010.87.4.781
M3 - Article
C2 - 12184580
AN - SCOPUS:85047686405
SN - 0021-9010
VL - 87
SP - 781
EP - 788
JO - Journal of Applied Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Psychology
IS - 4
ER -