A job involvement measure was altered to reflect academic involvement and was employed as a predictor of academic performance. Although contrary to the findings of prior industrial research, job involvement was found to be correlated neither with age nor with course satisfaction; however, it did prove an efficacious predictor of performance as defined by course grade.
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