scholarly journals Company Satisfaction, Company Commitment and Work Involvement : An Empirical Examination of Blue Collar

2005 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 434-447
Author(s):  
Vishwanath Baba ◽  
Muhammad Jamal
Keyword(s):  
Power Distribution ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Scaling Factor ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Blue Collar ◽  
Statistical Techniques ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Blue Collar Workers ◽  
Work Involvement ◽  
Guttman Scaling

This study investigates the relationships among Company satisfaction, company commitment and work involvement for a sample of blue-collar workers drawn from packaging, power distribution and manufacturing industries in Canada. Guttman scaling, factor analysis and correlational analysis are the statistical techniques employed to analyze the data. The results confirms the hypothesized positive relationship among the three attitudes.

scholarly journals On Becker’s Theory of Commitment: An Empirical Verification Among Blue-Collar Workers

2005 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vishwanath V. Baba ◽  
Muahammad Jamal
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Power Distribution ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Blue Collar ◽  
Stepwise Multiple Regression ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis ◽  
Blue Collar Workers ◽  
Demographic Background

The present study attempts to assess the empirical relevance of Becker's theory of commitment to study organizational commitment among blue collar workers. The relative importance of demographic, background and job factors as possible predictors of organizational commitment are examined. The sample is drawn from packaging, power distribution and manufacturing industries in Canada. Stepwise multiple regression analysis is used to isolate the important predictors of organizational commitment.

Blue-collar workers, career success and innovation in manufacturing

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 529-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Cillo ◽  
Alexeis Garcia-Perez ◽  
Manlio Del Giudice ◽  
Francesca Vicentini
Keyword(s):  
Career Success ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Blue Collar ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Blue Collar Workers

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the relationship between employees’ knowledge and organisational performance. Design/methodology/approach Using a structural equation model, feedback received from 237 blue-collar workers from multinational high-tech manufacturing enterprises in Italy was studied to understand, from a dynamic capabilities perspective, the role of soft skills in the career success of production workers. Findings The results of the analysis indicate a positive relationship between workers’ commitment to develop their soft skills and their career success, as well as a positive relationship between an organisation’s approach to both knowledge exploration and knowledge exploitation and the prospects for career success of blue-collar workers. Research limitations/implications The research has both theoretical and practical implications, as any efforts by researchers and practitioners to find effective ways to motivate the workforce will be likely to lead to a positive attitude towards learning and, ultimately, to improved business performance. Originality/value The originality of the paper is the focus on the personality and interpersonal attributes of workforce – blue-collar workers – and how they can affect business performance in highly innovative contexts.

scholarly journals Task Specialization and Organizational Commitment: An Empirical Examination Among Blue-Collar Workers

2005 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 612-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Jamal
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Blue Collar ◽  
Task Repetition ◽  
Task Specialization ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Blue Collar Workers ◽  
And Task

The present study was undertaken to examine empirically the proposition that specialization in jobs negatively affects the organizational commitment of industrial blue-collar workers. The field work for this study was done among 377 production workers in six companies in Vancouver, British Columbia. The analysis of the data indicated clearly that workers in highly specialized jobs tended to be less committed to their employing organization than workers working on less specialized jobs. In addition, it was observed that task repetition and task simplification were, respectively, inversely related to workers' willingness to exert effort for the success of the employing organization and to workers* desire to remain in the employing organization for an indefinite period of time.

scholarly journals ‘I Get Money for What I Like Doing Best’: The Class Origin of Young Blue-Collar Workers and their Commitment to Work

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 1097-1113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carina Altreiter ◽  
Jörg Flecker
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Blue Collar ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Manual Work ◽  
Blue Collar Workers ◽  
Class Origin

Applying Bourdieu’s theory of social reproduction, this article deals with workers’ family-of-origin class position and the associated socialisation processes as systematic influencers of individual work orientations and commitment to work. It draws on a study of young blue-collar workers in Austria to argue how growing up in a working-class setting shapes dispositions that contribute to the commitment to manual work. The results show how these dispositions influence the assessment of work and, in particular, support a positive relationship with manual work and physical activity.

scholarly journals Three-way interaction effects of workaholism on employee well-being: Evidence from blue-collar workers in New Zealand

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarrod Haar ◽  
Maree Roche
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Blue Collar ◽  
Blue Collar Workers ◽  
Work Enjoyment ◽  
Work Involvement ◽  
High Drive ◽  
Supported Work ◽  
Anxiety Depression

AbstractWorkaholism is an important workplace phenomenon that has received less empirical testing than might be expected. This study of 100 New Zealand blue-collar workers tested whether three dimensions of the workaholism triad: work involvement, drive to work and work enjoyment were related to anxiety, depression and insomnia, and in the majority this was supported. Work involvement was positively related to all outcomes, while work enjoyment was negatively related. Drive to work was positively related to anxiety and insomnia only. Overall, consistently, large amounts of variance were explained by the workaholism triad. While previously untested in the literature, a three-way interaction of the workaholism triad was found towards anxiety and insomnia. Overall, higher work involvement was useful in buffering detrimental outcomes for those with either high work involvement or high drive to work, but not both. The present study provides a new way of understanding the effects of workaholism in the workplace.

scholarly journals Time Perspective and the Risk of Developing Burnout: An Empirical Study among Different Blue-Collar Workers in Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adela Reig-Botella ◽  
Sarah Detaille ◽  
Miguel Clemente ◽  
Jaime López-Golpe ◽  
Annet de Lange
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Blue Collar ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Northern Spain ◽  
Blue Collar Workers ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Student’S T

The purpose of this research was to analyze the relationship between the time perspective of Spanish shipyard workers in relation to burnout compared to other blue-collar workers in other sectors, including a total of 644 participants in a shipyard in northern Spain and 223 workers in other sectors. The ages were between 20 and 69 (M = 46.14, SD = 10.98). We used the Spanish version of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Instrument (ZTPI) and the Maslach Burnout Inventory–General Survey (MBI-GS). The mean of the three reliability coefficients of the emotional exhaustion factor was 0.887. In respect to the five factors of the ZTPI questionnaire, the mean of those five coefficients was 0.86. A Student’s t-test for independent samples comparing shipyard naval workers vs. the control group in personality variables and burnout was used. The psychological difference between workers in the naval sector and those in other sectors is better predicted based on two variables: emotional exhaustion and professional efficacy. Workers in the naval sector have a higher risk of becoming burnt-out than workers in other sectors due to a negative past, present and future time perspective. This can be a consequence of constant understimulation and monotonous and repetitive work, as well as a lack of autonomy and social support at work.

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