A Study on the Impact of Job Involvement on Work Conditions, Organizational Commitment and Interpersonal Relationship among Self Financing Engineering College Teaching Staff in the Western Region of Tamil Nadu

Job involvement had always been an important aspect of every organization. Job involvement had been considered as the key to employee motivation (Lawler, 1986)and a fundamental asset to help an organization to achieve competitive advantage in the business market (Pfeffer, 1994). Job involvement had gained much attention from researchers and practitioners. This research was aimed at finding out whether job involvement of the teaching staff in the western region of Tamil Nadu has its influence on work conditions, organizational commitment and interpersonal relationship. Quantitative approach was adopted for this research. Questionnaires from respondents were collected through self-administered questionnaires. Data analysis was done through statistical tool to ensure goodness of data and significance of results. This research results showed job involvement was positively and significantly related to the work conditions, organizational commitment and the interpersonal relationship. This research was expected to bring considerable implication in knowledge development and operational benefits to both the researchers and practitioners. It focused on human resource management and organizational behavior field, particularly in the area of work values and job involvement. This research also would help the management of the engineering colleges to create a better work conditions and allocate appropriate resources to enhance the organizational commitment and interpersonal relationship to improve their job involvement.