Etvidence of Predictive Validit)
Finally, the theory underlying the commitment construct suggest that
highly committed employees will be less likely to leave their jobs and
may. under some circumstances, perform at higher levels than their less
committed counterparts. Data bearing on this point were available from
five studies, again among widely diverse groups of employees.
The predictive power of the OCQ vis-a-vis subsequent voluntary turn-
over has been examined in five studies, including one study conducted
independently by Horn et al. (Note 3) which used a measure of actual
reenlistment among part-time military personnel (see Table 7).