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ISSN Print: 2394-7500, ISSN Online: 2394-5869, CODEN: IJARPF

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Vol. 3, Issue 7, Part R (2017)

Job involvement of anganwadi workers: A study from south India

Job involvement of anganwadi workers: A study from south India

Author(s)
Dr. P Kumari and Dr. R Bharathi
Abstract
Effective involvement of anganwadi workers is essential in dessiminating the services at community level. In this view point the present study was carried out to evaluate job involvement of anganwadi workers in Tirupati and Srikalahasthi areas of Chitttoor district both in rural and urban areas. Kanungo, 1982 research tool containing three scales viz., Job Involvement Questionnaire, Job Involvement Semantic Differential and Job Involvement Graphic scale were adapted. The data gathered well demonstrated effective job involvement of all anganwadi workers irrespective any socio-demographic variable selected such as age, education, training and habitat. However, younger women performed better than anganwadi workers of more than 30 years. Graduated women scored higher than non-graduated. It was observed that urban anganwadi workers involved relatively higher than rural anganwadi workers. Whatever might be the differences, training also observed to be crucial in imparting better job skills and involvement for performing the job much more effectively.
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How to cite this article:
Dr. P Kumari, Dr. R Bharathi. Job involvement of anganwadi workers: A study from south India. Int J Appl Res 2017;3(7):1262-1266.
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