Date of Award

8-2025

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Department

Psychology

First Reader/Committee Chair

Howard, Gino. Ph.D

Abstract

Organizational support research has shown it to be a significant predictor of organizational commitment; however, specifying labeling support types and grouping them has rarely been done, let alone the utilization of the supports. In this study, undergraduate students were recruited to investigate how different types of organizational support and their utilization influence organizational commitment (OC), specifically the six types of support groups (monetary/financial, developmental, work-life balance, health and wellbeing, social, recognition, and reward). Using hierarchical regression and moderation analyses, this study examined 1. Whether specific support types predict organizational commitment, 2. Whether specific support types can explain more variance in OC than general support, and 3. Whether the utilization of specific support types moderates the support-commitment relationship. Evidence was found that specific support types explain more variance than general support. Utilization of health and wellbeing support was shown to be a positive moderator of the support-commitment relationship, while utilization of social support was found to negatively moderate the relationship. Theoretical and practical implications were discussed.

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