There is a growing consensus that organizational commitment is a 
multidimensional construct, as many academicians propose their classification 
schemes to identify each dimension. Meyer and Allen (1991) have developed a 
multidimensional model of organizational commitment based on three distinct 
themes : 1) an affective orientation toward the organization (based on the work 
of Mowday, Porter, & Steers 1982), 2) a recognition of the costs associated with