ENHANCING JOB INVOLVEMENT THROUGH SUPERVISORY SUPPORT AND ORGANISATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOUR AMONG FEDERAL WORKERS IN UYO

Abstract This study investigates the influence of supervisory support and organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) on job involvement among federal government workers in Uyo, Nigeria. It employed a cross-sectional design to collect data from 367 participants selected through convenient and purposive sampling. Of these participants, 253 (68.9%) were males and 114 (31.1%) were females, with ages ranging from 23 to 61 years (mean = 40.5, SD = 8.5). Data were gathered using two instruments: the Organisational Citizenship Behaviour Scale and the Supervisory Support Scale. The study tested two hypotheses using hierarchical regression analysis at an alpha level of 0.05. Utilising a quantitative approach, data were collected from federal employees in Uyo through structured questionnaires. The findings reveal a significant positive relationship between supervisory support and job involvement in the first hypothesis, highlighting that employees who perceive high levels of support from their supervisors are more likely to be deeply engaged in their work (β =.32; t = 5.25; p …