Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

T. Vijayakumari ¹

Affiliations
1 Mailam Engineering College, Villupuram, Tamilnadu, IN

Abstract

This study has been designed to assess the job involvement of working women and to find out the relationship between the working women's job involvement and their social maturity. The dependent variable is job involvement of working women and the independent variable is working women's social maturity. In addition to these psychological variables the study also includes few personal variables. To assess the working women's job involvement "Job Involvement Scale" by Singh (1989) was used. This scale consists of 40 items and all items are in the form of statement. Social maturity was assessed using Social maturity scale developed by Roma Pal (1986). It contains 50 statements. It measures three dimensions of social maturity viz., Personal adequacy, interpersonal adequacy and social adequacy. Using simple random sampling procedure, 75 women were selected from ten organizations. The sample includes women teachers, women from IT profession and unskilled women workers. Out of 1000 questionnaire given to the employees only 680 were returned. Results indicate that working women's social maturity influences their job involvement. Working women's monthly income and mode of stay influences their job involvement. Birth order doesnot differ in their job involvement.

Keywords

Job Involvement, Social Maturity, Working Women.

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T. Vijayakumari ¹

Affiliations
1 Mailam Engineering College, Villupuram, Tamilnadu, IN

Abstract

Job involvement is a management and leadership philosophy about how people are enabled to contribute continuous improvement and the ongoing success of their organization. To plan, Coordinate and control its various activities, an organizationrequires individuals who, in their day-today interactions, reflect a variety of leadership styles and skills in dealing with their subordinates. Modem Indian women have made inroads into different professions that were unthinkable to women in the past. Present research is an attempt to analyze thejob involvement of working women in relation to their organizational climate. To assess the working women's job involvement “Job Involvement Scale" by Ashok Pratap Singh (1989) was used. Organizational Climate was assessed using an Organizational climate Scale developed by Singh (1989). Using simple random sampling procedure, 75 women were selected from ten organizations. The sample includes women teachers, women from IT profession and unskilled women workers. Out of 1000 questionnaire given to the employees only 680 were returned. The coefficient of correlation between working women's job involvement and their organizational climate is indicates that working women's job involvement depends on their organizational climate. Teachers and women working in private organization, post graduate working women show more job involvement. Statistical results indicated that working women's job involvement depends on the type of the organizational climate Working women come fromj oint family and nuclear family remains in the same category. The investigation is an attempt to study the job involvement of working women. It tries to find out the job involvement of working women with their organizational climate. Working women's job involvement depends on their organizational climate. Better organizational climate leads more involvement.

Keywords

Job Involvement, Orgnazational Climate, Working Women.

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