Job Involvement (Kanungo JIS)
HR & WorkReliability: alpha 0.813 sample items
About this scale
A 10-item measure of job involvement — the degree to which a person psychologically identifies with their job and considers their job performance important to their self-worth.
Sample item(s)
“The most important things that happen to me involve my present job”
“To me, my job is only a small part of who I am (reverse)”
“I am very much involved personally in my job”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.81. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Free for academic use.
Source & citation
Kanungo, R. N. (1982): Measurement of job and work involvement. Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 67, No. 3, pp. 341–349.
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