REWARD PREFERENCE, MARITAL STATUS AND SEX AS PREDICTORS OF JOB INVOLVEMENT: A STUDY OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS IN NIGERIA

This study investigated the relationships of the variables sex₁ murital status and reward preference for cornmendable job performnnce wi th the measured job involvement of workers in two breweries in Anomb=a state of Nigeria: one public, the other pri va-tcly owncd.. The Lodü.hl and Kejner ( 1965 2O-item Job rnvolvernent quostionnai 8 wa5 administered to 21 male and female workers of 'i:he two organizations.. The respondents were "120 and 24 male and fc.11e.le woi;ke:cs, respectively, from, the public organization, and 67 and 5 mole and fernale workers, respectively, from theprivately...,..· owned organiza tian o Themean age of the i;esponden ts was 30 "6 years, with ü standard daviation ·of 7.470.The correlation coefficients between the variabies were obtained and X 2tests wer utilized to analyze further the frequency trend of the significant correlations
Thc_result showed that neither sex or marztal status was si nificantly correlated with the measured job involvement of the respondents. H0wever, there appeared to be a statistically signifi­ cant. relat _onship between the respondents1 measured job
involvement and whGther they work in a public or private organization, although the significance of this relationship may be due to the influence of o·l:her var.iables. The respondents who preferred material rewards from their management for commendable job performance appeared more job-involve than'those who preferred non-mate.rial rewards