JOB AND WORK INVOLVEMENT: AN EXAMINATION OF SOME CORRELATES FOR NURSES IN NIGERIA.
Contributors: New York University.
Published: 1989
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Education, Administration.; Education, Educational Psychology.; Business Administration, Management.
Description: This study was based on a conceptual model which was formulated from variables that are frequently associated with involvement. The investigation had four objectives, namely: to ascertain if there is a difference between job and work involvement; to determine the joint effects of historical and situational factors on respondents' levels of job and work involvement; and to ascertain the behavioral outcome variables pertinent to each state of involvement. Because this study polled respondents from Nigeria, the final objective was to determine the extent to which Western descriptions of involved workers could be extended to employees in an African society.

Respondents were 372 nurses from four teaching hospitals (medical centers) located in different regions of Nigeria. Data were gathered through a survey method using a questionnaire which consisted of instruments adapted for the sample.

Results of data analysis suggest that: (1) Overall, there is an association between the predictors of involvement (historical, demographic, situational factors), respondents' attitudinal states (job and work involvement) and the behavioral outcomes (job performance, intention to turnover). (2) Job and work involvement are not the same albeit related. (3) Protestant work ethic endorsement appeared more relevant to work than to job involvement. (4) Respondents' need strength (intrinsic vs. extrinsic) and their background (urban vs. rural) made no significant contribution to their levels of job and work involvement. (5) While respondents' educational level, marital status, and length of service related to their job involvement, sex and income correlated more strongly with their levels of work involvement. (6) The situational variables of job challenge, need satisfaction and participation in decision-making were determinants of work involvement; however, only the latter two factors predicted job involvement. (7) While job involvement is associated with the behavioral outcomes of job performance and organizational withdrawal, work involvement was related only to employees' levels of job performance. (8) There may be two descriptions of involvement--each for job and work involvement. Moreover, the existing profiles or descriptions of involved workers in Western societies did not correspond with that found in Nigeria. It is argued that cultural and organizational variables may only be germane to each society and not transferrable to another.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-01, Section: A, page: 0032.

Thesis (PH.D.)--NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, 1989.

School code: 0146.