One hundred fifty five employees from the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation in the State of Tennessee completed a survey which measured the Organization-Based Self-Esteem (OBSE, Pierce, Gardner, Cummings, & Dunham, 1989), as well as their demographic, personality, and organizational variables. The results of a step-wise multiple regression showed that OBSE was related to subjects' global self-esteem, n Ach, organizational citizenship, organizational commitment, motivating potential score (MPS), and education. Several results were replicated and new findings were discussed. It appears that OBSE is related to many variables that are intrinsic to the employees' subjective feelings in an organization.
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