Becker's Side-Bet Theory of Commitment Revisited: Is It Time for a Moratorium or a Resurrection?
回应了Cohen和Lowenberg对贝克尔附带赌注理论的质疑，通过改进测量方法，发现该理论仍有效，建议用更直接的变量和持续承诺而非情感承诺来检验，适用于组织和职业承诺。
The results of Cohen and Lowenberg's 1990 meta-analysis of 50 studies that empirically test Becker's (1960) side-bet model provide little empirical support for his theory of commitment. They conclude that severe limitations of past research, both in terms of measuring commitment and the strategies used to test the side-bet model, may be responsible for the lack of empirical support. Alternatively, they submit that if these methodological problems are not at fault, we should consider abandoning the side-bet theory. Three limitations of past side-bet research are addressed in this study. The results of this study suggest that it is time to resurrect Becker's side-bet theory of commitment. In doing so, we should subject his theory to tests that employ more valid and direct measures of the side-bet variables, that use measures of continuance commitment rather than affective commitment, and that apply to both organizational and occupational commitment.