Begley and czajka 1993 conducted a longitudinal study of hospital employees during a period of organizational restructuring that was described as very tense in this study researchers measured affective commitment and job displeasure a composite of job dissatisfaction irritation and intention to quit while the organization was operating in its usual mode before restructuring was even rumored after restructuring had begun a second measure of displeasure was taken and employee were also asked how much stress that experienced as a result of the organizational changes was positively correlated with the displeasure they felt but only for employees with weak affective commitment to the organization in other word those those with strong affective commitment seemed to be buffered against the impact of stress on displeasure