A Research on American Young Adults' Ego-Identity/Perceived Organizational Support and Job Involvement

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10.2991/msmi-16.2016.100How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Ego-identity Status; Perceived Organizational Support; Job Involvement

Abstract

This paper evaluated the relationship between American Young Adults' Ego-Identity (EI) and their Job Involvement (JI). The paper also studied the moderating effect of the Perceived Organizational Support (POS). The study was conducted using an online survey; 109 of the 111 collected survey responses were valid. Correlation and regression analyses showed that JI was negatively related to EI Achieved status. With improvement in POS, individual's JI increased significantly under the identity status of Foreclosed. Individual's gender has significant effect on their EI. Individual's race has significant effect on their JI.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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