How Communication in Organizations Is Related to Foci of Commitment and Turnover Intentions

The current study analyzes now two components of perceived organizational communication (vertical and horizontal) are related to employee turnover intentions via three types of affective commitment foci (organization, supervisor, and team). Using second-order confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling techniques with a Large cross-sectional dataset (n = 3,317), our results show that, in tine with social cohesion theory, vertical communication (e.g., supportiveness from the organization) is strongly related to affective organizational commitment, whereas horizontal communication (e.g., supportiveness from colleagues) is primarily related to affective team commitment. Additionally, both communication dimensions are related to affective supervisory commitment. Finally, these three foci of affective commitment incrementatly explain and differentially mediate the relationship between perceived organizational communication and turnover intention.