Perceived Organizational Support, Organizational Identification and Job Involvement among Temporary and Permanent Employees- Relational Analysis

Abstract

The present study investigates the relationship between the perceived organizational support,organizational identification and job involvement among temporary and permanent employees. After a detailed literature review certain hypotheses were formulated, i.e.,. there will be a positive relationship between perceived organizational support and organizational identification,. there will be a positive relationship between perceived organizational support and job involvement and perceived organizational support, organizational identification and job involvement will be higher in permanent employees as compared to temporary employees. To test hypotheses 100 employees (50 temporary and 50 permanent) irrespective of gender  and age variable  from the department of phone banking of a private bank were selected. Perceived organizational support was measured by the Perceived Organizational Support Questionnaire (Eisenberger, et.al, 1986), Organizational Identification was measured by Organizational Identification Questionnaire ( Rubin, et.al, 2004), while Job Involvement was measured by Measurement of job and work involvement (Kanungo, 1982). Data analysis involved the use of Pearson Product Moment Correlation and according to the results there is a moderate positive correlation perceived organizational support and organizational identification among both temporary and permanent employees. Moderate and weak positive relationship between perceived organizational support and job involvement among permanent  and temporary employees respectively.

Keywords: Perceived Organizational Support, Organizationl Identification, Job Involvement, Temporary & Permanent Employees