Job Involvement and its Impact on Organisational Outcomes and Job Performance

Organisational Behaviour
Assignment 1(Part B): Literature Review draft
Students are expected to paraphrase information from at least three academic journal
articles to support their answers to the two questions (i.e. 3 in total, not 3 for each answer).
When doing so you must provide the correct ‘in-text’ and ‘Reference List’ citation details.
Provide a Reference List at the end of each answer.
To gain the most from this assessment activity it is suggested that students write
approximately 200-300 words for each answer.
Each question is worth 5 marks.
1. Define the meaning of Job Involvement and explain how it contributes to positive
Organisational outcomes?
The Job involvement can be rightfully stated to be the extent to which an individual
participates in one`s work both emotionally and psychologically. This shows the extent to
which an employee is interested in one`s job at large. In addition to this, it also refers to the
extent to which an employee may be engaged in their work. This may be identified by critical
factors like reaching the work on time, having high involvement, volunteering for the tasks
and other such actions which actually show that the employee enjoys the working
environment. According to Johari and Khulida (2016), it is often stated that an employee
must always be involved in a job which motivates him to perform in a better manner and
thereby show enthusiasm. Many authors like Singh and Gupta (2015), also stated that the Job
involvement can be stated to be a managing discretionary effort whereby the employee, may
be required to act in a particular manner when exposed to the choices in the workplace. Job