Affective Commitment and Intent to Quit: The Impact of Work and Non-work Related Issues

Although the relationship between intent to quit and affective commitment has been examined before, this study advances our knowledge in this area in at least two ways. First, this study reports on subjects (prison Correctional Officers), who hold what can be described as "atypical" jobs. Second, this investigation looks at the impact of non-work related issues such as childcare availability and employee gender on attitudes toward the organization. Contrary to our expectations, there was little evidence of gender-specific differences in regards to the impact of non-work related variables. But, as hypothesized, there was a significant main effect for affective commitment on intent to quit, a significant main effect for a caring, supportive environment on affective commitment, and a significant moderating effect of career commitment on the relationship between discretionary job support and affective commitment.