practices (Boxall & Macky, 2009; Lepak et al., 2007; Walton, 1985). This system views employees as capable and intrinsically motivated, and indicates concern for their well-being. Thus, the organization believes employees are worthy of its investment and wants them to be as committed to it as it is to them, such that they identify with and exert effort toward achieving its goals (Zacharatos et al., 2005). Psychological links are forged between the organization and employees, minimizing the need for extensive control mechanisms and giving employees discretion to act in ways beneficial to the collective (Arthur, 1994). Although initially discussed as preferable to other HR system alternatives, Lepak and Snell (1999) suggested commitment HR makes the most strategic sense when employees have knowledge and firm-specific skills that are not readily available in the external labor market.