JOB INVOLVEMENT AND ORGANIZATION COMMITMENT AMONG DUAL-INCOME AND SINGLE-INCOME FAMILIES - A MULTIPLE-SITE STUDY

On the basis of data from 2 manufacturing plants (n = 260 participants at Site 1, and n = 314 at Site 2) in the United States, the authors e xamined levels of organization commitment and the job involvement of s ingle-income and dual-income couples. A questionnaire that differentia tes between those variables was used as the survey instrument. The res ults indicated that in 1 site there was no difference in the levels of organization commitment and in job involvement between individuals in dual-income and single-income families. In another site, however, ind ividuals from single wage earner families with children had higher lev els of commitment than members of dual wage earner families. Those res ults may have practical implications for organizations developing prog rams and policies to foster favorable working conditions and organizat ion commitment.