Thirty years ago, Marsh and Mannari (1977) researched a
personís ìlifetime commitmentî to an organization, concluding that people who remain
for such extended periods of time do so in part because they believe it to be morally
correct. Such an obligation to an organization results from a personís internalized
normative pressures, and a committed person may behave in a way in which they do not
immediately consider personal benefits but because they believe that course of action to be the morally right behavior (Wiener, 1982). It should be noted, however, that many
changes in the nature of work have transpired since the notion of a long-term obligation
to an organization gained prominence