The Mediating Role of Effort in the Relationship between Job Involvement and Job Performance: A Case Study of Private Higher Education Institutes in Eastern Indonesia

摘要

The objective of this study is to clarify ambiguities in the literature regarding the relationships among three key constructs of work relationships: job involvement, effort, and job performance. This present study aims to make at least three contributions: (1) to add to the theory building on how job involvement has an effect on job performance; (2) to investigate the mediating role of effort as a process underlying the relationship between job involvement and job performance; (3) to provide information to the authorities of higher educational institutions on how to improve job involvement, effort and lecturers" performance.