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Date of Award
2001
Document Type
Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department
Communication
First Advisor
Qingwen Dong
First Committee Member
Jeffrey Miles
Second Committee Member
Alan Ray
Abstract
This study investigated how Corporate Intranets are used by employees. It also examined the relationships between Intranet use and employees' self-concept and their commitment to their organization. In total, 230 surveys were collected from a large financial company in the high-tech industry headquartered in Silicon Valley. The survey measured organizational commitment, self-concept, work-self-concept, information seeking behaviors, Intranet use, types of information found on the Intranet, and additional demographic information. Statistics were computed using the SPSS program to run bivariate correlations. This study yielded many findings. Three key findings have emerged from this study that contribute to our understanding of self-concept in the work environment and new factors related to organizational commitment. The first indicated a positive relationship between employees' satisfaction with Intranet content and navigation and their work-self-concept. The second showed that satisfaction with Intranet content and navigation was also positively correlated with elements of organizational commitment. The third finding indicated that employees' work-self-concept had a significant relationship with elements of organizational commitment. The results of this study build on previous literature on information seeking behaviors, organizational commitment and self-concept. This study also contributes to academic research on the Intranet as a new organizational communication medium. The relationships between Intranet use and work-self-concept and commitment offer many possibilities for future research.
Pages
104
ISBN
9780493153292 , 0493153292
Recommended Citation
Bauer, Janell Christine. (2001). The effects of corporate intranet use on employee self-concept and organizational commitment. University of the Pacific, Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2668
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