FACTORS AFFECTING JOB INVOLVEMENT: A CASE STUDY OF SCG CEMENT CO. LTD.
Keywords:
Transformational leadership, job characteristic, psychological empowerment, job involvementAbstract
The main objective of this study is to examine the nature of any causal relationship (model testing) between transformational leadership (TFL) and job characteristics (JC) with psychological empowerment (PE) acting as the mediating variable, upon the job involvement (JI). The extent to which the concept of job involvement can be statistically explained by these parameters is also investigated. The result of the analysis found that the hypothesized model did indeed fit well with the empirical data, and this finding was also statistically supported and verified. The significant paths within the model provide support for several, but not all, of the hypotheses proposed in this study. TFL had a significant and direct effect on JI, but not on PE. JC had a significant direct effect on PE but not on JI. Furthermore, PE significantly mediated the relationship between JC and JI and also had a direct statistical effect on JI.
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