A comparison of work related attitudes among married and unmarried employed women

Abstract

The p resent study aimed to see whether the work related ottitudes, Job sCltis:jClction, Job Involvement and Organizational Commitment dfffer among married and unmarried women ond whether there is a positive relationship between work experience andjob satisfaction, job involvement and organizational commitment .. Sample consisted of 30 married and 30 unmarried 'women working in d(llerent organizations. Stated hypotheses for this research are that there would be positive and significant reLationship among job satioSfaction, job invoLvement and organizational commitment. Secondly unmarried women would score higher on the Level of job sati.sfaction, job involvement and organizationaL commitment, thirdly there would be positive relationship between work experience and job sati.sfaction, job involvement and organization commitment. Three questionnaires, Organizational commitment scale, Job involvement scale and Job f eeling scale }vere administered to married and unmarried employed women. The results indicated that there is a significant and positive relationship between organizational commitment, job satisfaction and job involvement. Unmarried women scored h(r;her on the level of Job satisfaction, Job involvement and Organizational Commitment. It was also concluded that the work exp erience is also pos itive~)l correlated withjob satisfaction, job involvement and organizational cOJ11Tnitment.