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organizational commitment

an employee’s dedication to an organization and wish to remain part of it. Organizational commitment is often described as having both an emotional or moral element (affective commitment) and a more practical element (continuance commitment).

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October 18th 2024

Fechner’s paradox

Fechner’s paradox

the apparent increase in the brightness of a figure caused by closing one eye after viewing the figure with both eyes open. [Gustav Theodor Fechner]