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. 2021 May 19:12:666869.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.666869. eCollection 2021.

Exploring Implicit and Explicit Attitudes of Employees' Authentic Organizational Loyalty

Ji-Woong Hong  1 , Ah Jeong Hong  2 , Sang Rak Kim  1
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Exploring Implicit and Explicit Attitudes of Employees' Authentic Organizational Loyalty

Ji-Woong Hong et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop the OL-IAT (Organizational Loyalty - Implicit Association Test), an IAT tool that measures implicit attitudes toward organizational loyalty, and to verify its predictive validity. In total, 15 respondents were randomly selected from among the employees of P Company. The respondents were then asked open questions about the image they held of the target company. Based on their responses, a list of words was compiled for use on the OL-IAT. Evaluation categories, either like-dislike or positive-negative, were developed for this test based on the approach-avoidance words proposed by Ostafin and Palfai (2006). The OL-IAT was then administered to 127 employees of Company P, and self-reporting measures were also devised to measure explicit attitudes. A survey of whether the implicit attitude toward organizational loyalty was consistent with the explicit attitude showed that there was no significant correlation, and the attitude inconsistency was evident in the responses. When differences in rank were accounted for, organizational loyalty attitudes were consistent at the manager level, and organizational participation attitudes were consistent at the manager and general staff levels. This study will aid in the development of effective measures of organizational loyalty and accelerate interventions to increase it, which in turn will positively impact long-term organizational growth.

Keywords: Implicit Association Test; South Korea; explicit attitude; implicit attitude; organizational loyalty.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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