Alumni and their alma mater: A partial test of the reformulated model of organizational identification

Forschungsmethode: empirisch; Befragung; lineares Modell; Regressionsanalyse. Die Veroeffentlichung enthaelt quantitative Daten. "Organizational identification is defined as a perceived oneness with an organization and the experience of the organization's successes and failures as one's own. While identification is considered important to the organization, ithas not been clearly operationalized. The current study tests a proposed model of organizational identification. Self- report data from 297 alumni of an all-male religious college indicate that identification with the alma mater was associated with: (1) the hypothesized organizationl antecedents of organizational distinctiveness, organizational prstige, and (absence of) intraorganizational competition, but not with interorganizational competition, (2) the hypothesized individual sntecedents of satisfaction with the organization, tenure as students, and sentimentality, but not with recency of attendance, number of schools attended, or the existence of a mentor, and (3) the hypothesized outcomes of making financial contributions, willingness to advise one's offspring and others to attend the college, and participating in various school functions. The findings provide direcction for academic administrators seeking to increase alumni support, as well as for corporate managers concerned about the loyalty of workers in an era of mergers and takeovers." (author's abstract) ((en))