Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Ch. 6: Job involvement and employee engagement
Job involvement is defined as “the degree to which one is cognitively preoccupied with, engaged in, and concerned with one’s present job. This attitude can depict whether or not a person will have a high performance rate at their job. There is little evidence to support this claim but it is clear why job involvement can directly relate to performance. Individuals who end their work day and feel they have accomplished something positive or a sense of satisfaction from their work, are more likely to produce at a higher rate than others. “Job involvement was positively associated with job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and intrinsic motivation” (Kreitner, Kinicki 169). I agree that job involvement can affect a business and there are several ways management can help employees feel more self-worth from their job. One way a manager can increase job involvement is by providing work environments that fuel intrinsic motivation. People need to be challenged in way that can increase their self motivation, this can be done by giving jobs to be people that handle specific tasks efficiently and correctly. Other people might need new jobs that are more challenging so they do not get bored doing the same routine every day. Little things like this can go a long way in the work place.
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Tyler, I completely agree with this summary. I feel that job satisfaction is key to positive production. If you love what you do, it's like you're never working.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with the both of you. You can totally tell when a person enjoys their occupation as opposed to someone who does not. People should try to choose a job where they have at least a little bit of interest in it.
ReplyDeleteI agree as well with mark, I feel strongly that job satisfaction is key to positive production. Although I do believe that in certain cases satisfaction can lead to less commitment in other tasks at hand.
ReplyDeleteVery true TJ. I think that there are different management styles that can lead to a more efficient workplace. Some employees definitely will work better when they know they are able to succeed at the task and others enjoy the challenge of new projects. This calls for a more lenient work environment like Google. They have activities on the "campus" for the employees to do during the work day so that they enjoybeing there.
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