INTRODUCTION
Research on work behavior have taken a step forward by recognizing the role of leadership style and self efficacy in the job involvement of employees in an industrial setting (Compeau & Higgins 2001; Schwarzer, 1997; Schyns 2001, ). This is because no meaningful economic development could take place in any organization without first improving the productivity index which is a derivative of proper job involvement (Osoba, 1983).
Job involvement is a necessary condition if the employee is to accept fully the organizational demands placed upon him/her by his/her membership in the organization. It represents a cognitive or belief state of psychological identification with ones present job (Kanungo, 1982. The process of job involvement in work has been the concern of the psychologists as they have tended to focus on organizational conditions that lead to job involvement such as meaningfulness of work, adequacy of supervision etc. Hence, it is viewed as behaviour rather than merely an internal process which implies that when workers are committed to a course, a person or activity, they express this by an overt act. A relationship process without an overt behavioural component cannot be considered as involvement (Winner & Gechman, 1977). This goes a long way in portraying that behaviour which are considered important for achieving performance in workers encompasses a total work behaviour of the individuals in relation to the job such as committing his total energy to the job, minimizing waste and helping co-workers