Perceived organizational support: Fostering enthusiastic and productive employees.

Today's constantly changing work environment is fraught with job uncertainty, frequent mergers and acquisitions, and a general breakdown of trust between employer and employee. More than ever, it is critical for managers to proactively shift away from devaluing employees as marginal capital to empowering them as human capital. "Perceived organizational support" — employees' perception of how much an organization values their contribution and cares about their well-being — mutually benefits both employees and their organizations and is integral to sustainable employer–employee relationships.\nUsing organizational support theory and evidence gathered from hundreds of studies, Eisenberger and Stinglhamber…