Abstract:
The current study examines the impact of organizational socialization on
employee commitment of executive employees in banking sector of Sri Lanka
and the moderating role of protean career orientation. It is hypothesized based
on affect theory of social exchange and social exchange theory that organizational
socialization has a positive impact on employee’s affective, continuance
and normative commitment forms. Further, it is suggested that these three
direct relationships are moderated by the protean career orientation of the
banking employees based on self-determination theory. These relationships
are tested using data collected from a sample of 209 executive employees in
the banking industry of Sri Lanka. Data were collected using questionnaire.
Data were analysed using SPSS and AMOS. Results showed that there is a
positive effect of organizational socialization on the three forms of commitment
while no moderator effect of protean career orientation was identified
on these direct relationships.
