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The Specific Propensity Model
The Interactive Model

DoD Short Course in Communication
Class 01A
December 7, 2000

Military Retention:
Identifying and Influencing Commitment Levels in Your Organization

The Wild Card Effect and Military Retention:
Latent Social Identities in an
Interactive Organizational Commitment Model

Two new commitment models, the Specific Propensity Model and the Interactive Model incorporate the "wild card effect" in examining individual and organizational latent identity. This allows researchers to predict individual's propensity to commit both singularly and collectively within the organization and enables better commitment message management.