Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Ashima Soni ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, IN

Abstract

The present study examined gender differences in self esteem, parent adolescent relationship and sibling relationship in secondary school students. The sample for the present study comprised of 600 (300 males and 300 females) secondary school students of the private and public schools from Chandigarh and Mohali studying in tenth, eleventh and twelveth class. The sample was drawn using the random sampling technique. The private and public schools were chosen randomly by selecting schools in different sectors of Chandigarh and Mohali in order to have full representation of the students of tenth, eleventh and twelveth class across Chandigarh and Mohali. The inclusion criteria used for sample selection was that age of the students ranged from 15-19 years and students coming only from intact families and having at least one sibling were considered for the study. The tools comprised of Self Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1979), Parent Adolescent Relationship Questionnaire (Prinz , 1979) and Sibling relationship questionnaire (Furman&Buhrmester, 1985). Results indicate no significant gender differences in self esteem and parent adolescent relationship. However, significant differences were found on dimensions of status and warmth dimension of sibling relationship but no significant differences were found on conflict and rivalry dimension of sibling relationship.

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Ashima Soni ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, IN

Abstract

Organizational commitment has been extensively attracting the attention of organizational behavior researchers in the recent years. In the context of organizations, commitment is normally understood as different ways to commit oneself to an organization of which one is a member. Commitment is also considered as willingness to exert high levels of efforts on behalf of the organization and have a definite belief in, and acceptance of, the values and goals of the organization. The present study examined organizational commitment of employees in relation to intelligence, self esteem and locus of control. A sample of 50 employees was randomly drawn from a government bank in Chandigarh, India. The sample consisted of persons working at different levels of hierarchy within the organization, with the senior most respondent being a regional manager. The tools comprised of Organizational Commitment Questionnaire developed by Mowday, Steers and Porter (1982), Jalota's General Mental Ability Test (1964), Self Esteem Inventory by Coopersmith (1981) and Rotter's Locus of Control Scale (1966). The results, analyzed using product moment correlation revealed that there was a significant and positive relationship between organizational commitment and intelligence of bank employees. In other words, higher the intelligence more was the individual's identification and involvement with the organization. However, no significant differences were reported with regards to self esteem and locus of control scale. Implications are related to the latest research findings on the plasticity of human intelligence in adulthood and thereby the need to provide continual enriching and stimulating training programs for employees in order to reinforce their productivity and commitment levels.

Keywords

Organizational Commitment, Intelligence, Self Esteem.

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