Is affective commitment always good? A look at within-person effects on needs satisfaction and emotional exhaustion

Employees' affective commitment and well-being are intertwined, but the underlying mechanisms remain unknown, particularly among long-tenured employees. This study explored such mechanisms at both between- and within-individual levels. Drawing upon self-determination theory, we considered the changes in basic need satisfactions key mechanisms linking affective organizational commitment (AOC) to emotional exhaustion. To test a latent growth...