40. A researcher has computed correlation coefficients between affective organizational commitment and three dependent variables -- absenteeism (r=-.15, p=.01), supervisory ratings of job performance (r=.16, p=.01), and organizational citizenship behaviours (r=.32, p<.001). Which of the following is the most reasonable interpretation of these results?

Select one:

a. Respondents with high affective commitment are more likely to be absent, less likely to get high job performance ratings, and less likely to engage in organizational citizenship behaviours.

b. Respondents with high affective commitment are less likely to be absent, more likely to get high job performance ratings, and more likely to engage in organizational citizenship behaviours.

c. There are strong correlations between affective commitment and those three variables.

d. There are no significant correlations between affective commitment and those three variables in this sample.