Work involvement: A comparison of dual wage earner and single wage earner families

Abstract

Studied job involvement and organizational identification among 286 municipal employees (mean age 39.4 yrs) in a large Southern city. Both job involvement and organizational identification were lower among males whose spouses were employed than among those whose spouses were not employed. For Ss whose spouses were employed, job involvement and organizational identification were higher for Ss with children than it was for childless Ss. Sex, education, and organizational tenure were controlled using multivariate statistical techniques. Results support a financial-need hypothesis that predicts that work involvement will be higher in cases in which financial requirements are greater. (17 ref) (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)