A Study on Relationship between Locus of Control and Job Involvement

Individuals’ belief about the controllability of what happens to them is a core element of their understanding of how they live in the world. Those who attribute their successes to internal causes have a greater degree of achievement motivation than those who attribute their successes to external causes. Those who attribute their failure to external causes, rather than to internal causes have stronger self esteem and achievement motivation than those who attribute failure to internal causes. Job Involvement refers to the extent, to which workers identify with, and are absorbed in their present jobs. Job Involvement is a specific belief about one’s present job and refers to the degree to which one’s job can satisfy one’s needs (Kanungo, 1982).Individuals with high Job Involvement identify more with their jobs and regard their job as highly important for their lives. This paper deals with relationship between Locus of Control and Job Involvement of bank employees.