Job Involvement Among Faculty Members of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences and Its Relationships with Professional Variables

Background: Job involvement is one of the psychological constructs of organizational behavior and is considered as an importantvariable in organizational productivity. Understanding the status and the determinants affecting job involvement may enhanceorganizational efficiency.Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine job involvement status of faculty members of Kermanshah University ofMedical Sciences and its relationship with some professional variables.Methods: This descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study was performed among ۱۵۰ faculty members of Kermanshah Universityof Medical Sciences who were selected by simple random sampling with probability proportional to the size of each faculty. Datawere collected using Lodahl and Kejnar job involvement, demographic and professional characteristics questionnaires and analyzedby SPSS-۱۶ software using descriptive and analytical tests such as independent t-test, one-way ANOVA and Pearson correlationat significance level of ۰.۰۵.Results: Job involvement mean score was ۶۵.۱۱ ۷.۸۴, of which ۸۱.۲۵% was obtained from the maximum achievable score (high jobinvolvement). Job involvement had a positive and significant correlation with age (r = ۰.۲۱۳) and job history (r = ۰.۱۷۰), but not withsex (P = ۰.۲۷۲, academic rank (P = ۰.۴۰۰), employment status (r = ۹۰۲), and place of work (r = ۰.۱۴۱).Conclusions: It is suggested that job involvementandpromotion conditions be improved for youngfacultymemberswith patienceand some bylaws be passed specific to working conditions of clinical faculty members.

کلیدواژه ها:

Job Satisfaction ، Faculty Members ، Iran