The effect of work ethic and job identity on job involvement in staffs at University of Kashan (research in university: strategy for industry)

The purpose of this research was the effect of work ethic and job identity on job involvement in staffs at University of Kashan. Research type is descriptive correlative. The statistical population consisted all of staffs' in University of Kashan (N=547) that by Cochran Formula and simple randomized sampling 242 ones were chosen as sample. To gathering data’s used from three questionnaire work ethic in four components with 23 items, job identity in five component with 15 items and job involvement with 10 items in terms. Questionnaires content & construction validity confirmed. Through Cronbach alpha coefficient, reliability coefficients were obtained equal to 0.73 for work ethic, 0.82 for job identity and 0.83 for job involvement. Data analyses done in two level descriptive & inferential statistics through Spss & Amos software’s. Finding showed mean of work ethic, job identity and job involvement were upper than average. Correlation coefficient showed work ethic components on job involvement have positive & significant effect but job identity components on job involvement have positive & no significant effect. Regression coefficient revealed only work ethic could predict job involvement in staffs.