Organizational Commitment Questionnaire
OCQA 15-item measure of affective organizational commitment — belief in the organization's goals, willingness to exert effort, and desire to maintain membership.
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Reliability & validation
Response anchors
Strongly disagree · Moderately disagree · Slightly disagree · Neither agree nor disagree · Slightly agree · Moderately agree · Strongly agree
Known limitations
Captures affective commitment only and overlaps conceptually with turnover intention (several items ask directly about leaving); later three-component models separate affective, continuance and normative commitment.
Original citation
Mowday, R. T., Steers, R. M., Porter, L. W. (1979). The measurement of organizational commitment. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 14(2), 224-247.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0001-8791(79)90072-1Questions researchers ask
What does the OCQ measure?
A 15-item measure of affective organizational commitment — belief in the organization's goals, willingness to exert effort, and desire to maintain membership.
How many items does the OCQ have?
The Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ) has 15 items.
Is the OCQ free to use?
The OCQ is free to use for non-commercial academic research. You don't need to pay a license fee, but you should always cite the original publication.
Is the OCQ reliable?
Validation studies report Cronbach's α of 0.9. See the reliability section for the population studied and full statistics.
Who developed the OCQ, and how do I cite it?
Mowday, R. T., Steers, R. M., Porter, L. W. (1979). The measurement of organizational commitment. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 14(2), 224-247. https://doi.org/10.1016/0001-8791(79)90072-1
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