One of the most widely used theories in organizational commitment is Allen and
Meyer’s (1990) three-component model (see Markovits, Boer & van Dick 2013; GarciaGabrera
& Garcia-Soto 2012, 3151). It has been the leading approach in studying
organizational commitment for more than 20 years (Cohen 2007, 337). Lately, it has
been the most widely accepted conceptualization of organizational commitment
(Herrbach 2006, 631). It sees commitment as having three separable forms: affective
commitment, continuance commitment and normative commitment. Next I will
introduce all three components and make differentiation between one another.