The Relationship Between Job involvement, Job satisfaction and Organizational commitment among lower-level employees. Asian J. Soc. Econ. Sci. 1 (1): 23-33.;

This study investigated the relationship between job satisfaction, job involvement, and organizational commitment among lower-level employees. Job satisfaction and job involvement were used as independent variables in the study while organizational commitment was used as the dependent variable. Data was gathered from a random sample of 100 lower-level employees of the company concerned. A questionnaire consisting of four-parts was used for data collection. To gather biographical and occupational data, a self-designed 40-item questionnaire was used. To measure job involvement, Kanungo’s (1982) 10-item 5-point rating scale was used. To measure job satisfaction, Halpern’s (1966) 10-item 7-point rating scale was used. To measure organizational commitment, Mowday, et al. (1982) 15-item 5-point scale was used. Data analysis was done by means of various statistical techniques, including the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Technique and Multiple Regression Analysis. The results indicated that though both job satisfaction and job involvement are strongly associated with organizational commitment, job satisfaction accounts for a higher proportion of variance in organizational commitment than job involvement. Intrinsic job satisfaction, extrinsic job satisfaction, and overall job satisfaction were found to be significantly and highly inter-correlated, an indication that they are all equally associated with organizational commitment. The paper therefore recommends that managers must do all in their power to promote job satisfaction and job involvement in their companies, but especially job satisfaction.