In this study, the organizational commitment agenda established by several classical authors is analyzed. The Brazilian organizational commitment research, specially 34 articles published in the last nine ANPAD annual meetings is also analyzed. Commonly, the articles published in main Brazilian journals are previously presented in ANPAD meetings. With the agendas and authors' recommendations the Brazilian research is analyzed, showing what was done, the gaps and new challenges. Then, the work is divided in three parts: (1) in the first part the main organizational commitment theoretical concepts are presented; (2) in the second part the research agendas are presented and the Brazilian research progress and gaps are discussed; and, (3) in conclusion, a new Brazilian organizational commitment agenda is presented, showing the directions in which the research should go.
organizational commitment; organizational commitment research; organizational commitment agenda
