The relationship between role stress and job involvement — An empirical research of Zhejiang private enterprise

Zhejiang private enterprises which are in the process of transforming and upgrading of staff need to pay more attention to the increasing work pressure on their staff and ensure that they would be committed to their work. In this paper, the mechanism of role stress impacting on job involvement is analyzed. The theoretical framework is developed to deduce the relationship among role stress, job involvement and organizational commitment as a mediate variable. Based on more than 300 questionnaires of Zhejiang enterprises, the impact of role stress on job involvement is studied by using regression analysis. The research results show that role stress will lead employee to reduce organizational commitment and job involvement of the staff, however, organizational commitment is needed to enhance staff input.