Abstract
This investigation looks at the moderating effects of job involvement on the relationships between leaders' punitive behavior and job satisfaction. The focal research hypothesis was tested with measures having well established psychometric properties and including the Job Descriptive Index, the Job Involvement instrument, and Measures of Leader Reward and Punishment Behavior. For a sample of 323 hospital nursing department employees, negative effects of leaders' punitive behavior on job satisfaction were evident only among employees with low levels of job involvement. For those highly involved with their jobs, compensatory or buffer processes are postulated as explanations for their apparent immunity to the negative effects of punishment.
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