Job Involvement of Intrinsically and Extrinsically Motivated Indian Managers: To Each According to His Need

Abstract

This study tests the notion that the attitude of job involvement is a function of the degree of satisfaction with one's salient needs, be they intrinsic or extrinsic. Data from 33 primarily intrinsically motivated and 43 primarily extrinsically motivated managers, selected from a sample of 215 Indian managers, were analyzed to test two hypotheses: (1) the attitude of job involvement will be positively correlated with the satisfaction of salient needs only; and (2) both intrinsically and extrinsically motivated managers will be equally job involved provided their salient needs are met and more job involved than those whose salient needs are not met. Hypothesis 1 was supported. Due to meager data only partial support for hypothesis 2 was obtained. Implications for job designs to promote employee involvement are discussed.