The stability of job and family involvement: Applying the multi-wave,multi-variable technique to longitudinal data |
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| Authors: | Saija Mauno Ulla Kinnunen |
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| Institution: | 1. Sikora Associates , Boulder, CO, USA patsik@aol.com;3. Department of Psychology , University of Puget Sound , Tacoma, WA, USA;4. Department of Political Science , University of Colorado , Boulder, USA;5. Department of Comparative Sociology , University of Puget Sound , Tacoma, WA, USA |
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| Abstract: | The main aim of the study was to examine the stability of job and family involvement, applying multi-wave, multi-variable modelling within the framework of LISREL models. The abbreviated job and family involvement scales based on Kanungo's (1979, 1982) motivational model were examined on the basis of 3-year longitudinal data. The study was carried out by means of questionnaires, which were filled in by Finnish employees (n = 109) on three occasions. The results show that both job and family involvement remained relatively stable during the follow-up period. Further, the scales showed reasonable unidimensionality across time. In addition, the item reliability of the scales was found to be adequate. Of the demographic characteristics studied (i.e. gender, age, socioeconomic status, presence of children at home, age of the youngest child) only gender had a significant effect on involvement: men were found to be more involved with their jobs than were women. |
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| Keywords: | Job Involvement Family Involvement Stability Of Involvement |
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