The most frequently encountered view of commitment in organizations is one having to do with an individual's psychological bond to the organization. - Gerald R. Salancik

The criticality of a resource can be measured as the ability of an organization to function in the absence of the resource or in the absence of the market for the output.

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Commitment is a state of being in which an individual becomes bound by his actions and through this actions to beliefs that sustain his activities and his own involvement.