The origin and new evolution of organizational commitment

Organizational commitment has been seen as a significant variable that can promote employees do positive actions to organization．It has been an important focus of the organization studies．The paper reviewed the origin and development of commitment theory． It also summed up some early research and basis of organizational commitment．The evolution of definition and the motives for the evolution were analyzed．The paper summarized major views of organizational commitment focus．Then it discriminated the relation and differences between organizational commitment and psychological contract．Some research directions about how to do further research were put forward