About the Model
John Meyer and Natalie Allen developed their Three Component Model of Commitment and published it in the 1991 "Human Resource Management Review." The model explains that commitment to an organization is a psychological state, and that it has three distinct components that affect how employees feel about the organization that they work for.
The three components are:
Affection for your job ("affective commitment").
Fear of loss ("continuance commitment").
Sense of obligation to stay ("normative commitment").