THE IMPACT OF HIGH-INVOLVEMENT PRACTICES IN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT: AN ANALYSIS FROM THE AMO THEORY PERSPECTIVE AND MEYER AND ALLEN’S THREE COMPONENT MODEL

Abstract

Nowadays, organizational commitment has gained a prominent place in the literature and in organizations. Thus, the present study addresses the high-involvement practices according to the AMO theory and its impact on organizational commitment through the 3 Component Model by Meyer and Allen (1991). Its main objective was to analyze the relationship between the high-involvement practices of increasing the AMO dimensions and the employees’ organizational commitment through an online survey. Through statistical analysis of the 180 responses, the following results were obtained: (1) high-involvement practices only relate to normative commitment; (2) the high-involvement practices for increasing abilities, increasing motivation and increasing opportunities (AMO dimensions) are positively related only to normative commitment. The evidence mentioned above contributed to the literature in the Portuguese context.