Overview of Assignment

This week, you complete Part 1 of the Methods section for your Final Project. This Methods section will serve as a road map for measuring job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and job involvement. In your role as a consultant for Walden Sports, it is important to understand why certain instruments are more effective than others. (Be sure to follow APA style and refer to the Final Project Template located in this week’s Learning Resources.)

The Assignment (5–7 pages APA citations in each paragraph)

Complete Part 1 of the Methods Section of your Project.
Summarize the job attitudes that need to be measured in the organization.
Summarize the three instruments you might use to measure job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and job involvement in the organization.
Justify your use of these instruments.
Summarize the psychometric properties of the instruments.
Summarize the items and scoring method from each instrument you might use as part of your diagnostic survey.
Support your Assignment with specific APA CITED references to all resources used in its preparation. You are to provide a APA references list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.

Media (PDF File is attached)

Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012). Introducing Walden Sports Inc. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Reading References

Brooke, P. P., Russell, D. W., & Price, J. L. (1988). Discriminant validation of measures of job satisfaction, job involvement, and organizational commitment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 73(2), 139–145.
Brown, S. P. (1996). A meta-analysis and review of organizational research on job involvement. Psychological Bulletin, 120(2), 235–255.
Kanungo, R. N. (1982). Measurement of job and work involvement. Journal of Applied Psychology, 67(3), 341–349.
Kirby, S. L., & Richard, O. C. (2000). Impact of marketing work-place diversity on employee job involvement and organizational commitment. Journal of Social Psychology, 140(3), 367–377.
Knoop, R. (1995). Relationships among job involvement, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment for nurses. Journal of Psychology, 129(6), 643.
Lodahl, T. M., & Kejner, M. (1965). The definition and measurement of job involvement. Journal of Applied Psychology, 49(1), 24–33.
Morrow, P. C. (1983). Concept redundancy in organizational research: The case of work commitment. Academy of Management Review, 8(3), 486–500.
Rabinowitz, S., & Hall, D. T. (1977). Organizational research on job involvement. Psychological Bulletin, 84(2), 265–288.
Saal, F. E. (1978). Job involvement: A multivariate approach. Journal of Applied Psychology, 63(1), 53–61.
Stoner, J. S., & Gallagher, V. C. (2010). Who cares? The role of job involvement in psychological contract violation. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 40(6), 1490–1514.
Zatz, D. (1996). Job involvement and identity. Retrieved from
http://www.toolpack.info/articles/job-involvement.html
Document: Final Project Template (Word document) I attached this and previous assignments associated to this
Optional Resources

Brooke, P. P., Russell, D. W., & Price, J. L. (1988). Discriminant validation of measures of job satisfaction, job involvement, and organizational commitment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 73(2), 139–145.

Elloy, D. F., & Terpening, W. D. (1992). An empirical distinction between job involvement and work involvement: Some additional evidence. Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science, 24(4), 465–478.

Kirby, S. L., & Richard, O. C. (2000). Impact of marketing work-place diversity on employee job involvement and organizational commitment. Journal of Social Psychology, 140(3), 367–377.

Mathieu, J. E., & Farr, J. L. (1991). Further evidence for the discriminant validity of measures of organizational commitment, job involvement, and job satisfaction. Journal of Applied Psychology, 76(1), 127–133.

Paullay, I. M., Alliger, G. M., & Stone-Romero, E. F. (1994). Construct validation of two instruments designed to measure job involvement and work centrality. Journal of Applied Psychology, 79(2), 224–228.

Saal, F. E. (1978). Job involvement: A multivariate approach. Journal of Applied Psychology, 63(1), 53–61.

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