Status Quo and Prospect of Felt Obligation Research

Abstract

Felt obligation is a new concept in the research of organizational behavior. This research has stated the definition of felt obligation perception and combed the measurement method of felt obligation, which provides some new perspectives for the research of organizational behavior theory. The research summarizes five aspects in the latest progress of studies on perception of felt obligation at home and abroad: background of felt obligation; definition and measurement of felt obligation; difference and relation among perception of felt obligation, role identity, self-efficacy and organizational-based self-esteem; mechanism of felt obligation; factors and effects of felt obligation. In the end, the research has proposed to pay more attention to enrich research method, develop the measures of prevention and conduct the research of cross-cultural factors in the further study on the basis of analyzing the existing problems in researches of felt obligation