Construed external image and organizational identification: a test of the moderating influence of need for self-esteem.

According to Social Identity Theory (cf., J. G.

Perceived organizational support and perceived external prestige: predicting organizational attachment for university faculty, staff, and administrators.

The present article introduces a social-exchange model of organizational attachment incorporating both direct exchange and indirect exchange. Participants were 325 university employees. The present results indicated that perceived organizational support (POS) and perceived external prestige (PEP) both contribute to organizational attachment.