Personal Values and Perceived Job Characteristics as Predictors of Job Involvement and Turnover Intention Among Workers in Anambra State, Nigeria

ABSTRACT

Job involvement and employee turnover have been implicated in many studies as serious challenges for organisational management. Although, several factors have been empirically linked with these variables, the role of personal values and perceived job characteristics has not been studied in-depth among workers in Anambra State. This study, therefore, examined the influence of personal values and perceived job characteristics on job involvement and turnover intention among workers in Anambra State. Crossed-sectional survey was adopted, with 504 participants comprising 359 (71.2%) males and 145 (28.8%) females. Among these, 168 (33.3%) participants were randomly selected from each of three sectors; public, organised private and self-employed, using existing records. Personal values as one of the independent variables has ten sub-scales and job characteristics as another, has seven sub-scales. Job involvement and turnover intention as dependent variables have no sub-scale. These variables were measured using personal values scale, job characteristics scale, job involvement scale and turnover intention scale. Data obtained were subjected to ANOVA, multiple comparison statistics and hierarchical regression significant at p