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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Industrial Sociology"”.
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Dalla Francia all'Italia: impegno politico, inchiesta e transfers culturali alle origini della sociologia del lavoro in Italia
Sociology of work in Italy revived at the end of WWII, after thirty years of forced oblivion. This thesis examines the history of discipline by considering three paths that it followed from its revival up to its institutionalization: the influence of the productivity drive, the role of trade unions …
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A Sociological Analysis of the Cartage Truck Driver's Occupation
… a new field of study came into being, that is, industrial sociology. Occupational sociology, or the study of specific occupations, is but one area of study for the industrial sociologist. Occupations are studied independent of one another because the world of work is a complex field of study, …
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The development of sociology first degree courses at English universities, 1907-1972
… historical account of the development of sociology first degree courses at English universities, 1907-1972, begins with the background to the endowment, in 1907, of the first chairs of sociology, at the London School of Economics. The archives of the School, and of the University of …
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The 10th anniversary of the uprising: Post the De Doorns strikes how has organising changed for farmworkers in the Western Cape
During apartheid farmworkers in South Africa were barred from organising. After the political transition in 1993 labour legislations were extended to farmworkers which included: the Basic Conditions of Employment Act of 1998, the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995, which extended the right to organise …
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From Level 5 to Level 3 Lockdown: The Work Experiences and Employment Relationships of Domestic Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Africa
This study explores the work experiences of domestic workers in the Western Cape during levels 5, 4 and 3 of the lockdowns in 2020. The aim of this research was to discover how the lockdowns affected domestic workers' working conditions and employment relationships. The research adopted a …
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Understanding the shift from permanent employment to contract work among retail workers who accepted voluntary retrenchment packages in 2017
… access to typical benefits associated with industrial citizenship. The study adopted a qualitative research design with 10 semi-structured interviews. Using the worlds of work model and the concept industrial citizenship for analysis, this study finds that workplace restructuring strategies …
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Tracing the Normative Framework of South Africa s response to Early Childhood Development and Long-Term Care During the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the crucial role of social care and its fundamental importance in shaping our lives. This research employs a critical political ethics of care approach to evaluate the South African government's response to mandated social care provision during the pandemic. …
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Working on-demand in the domestic sector: A case study on the experiences of platform domestic work in Cape Town
There is a growing presence of platform companies of the gig economy that are providing platform domestic work in South Africa, more specifically cleaning services. In the platform domestic work model, the provision of domestic service is now undertaken on an on-demand basis and is organized and …
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A study on the factors affecting job satisfaction amongst employees in construction industry workplace (Case Study Saudi Arabia)
This study examines the factors that effect on job satisfaction among employee’s in construction industry in Saudi Arabia. The aims of this study also to identify the relationship between factors of job satisfaction and job/employees performance in construction project. The factors of job …
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On the accuracy of detecting deception in selection interviews: The effects of applicant rehearsal, applicant job interest, and self-monitoring
The present study examines the effect of rehearsal, job interest, and self-monitoring on judges' accuracy to detect deception in selection interviews. The study also investigated the effect of those independent variables on judges' accuracy in assessing applicants' personality and self-reported …
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Sociology of planned migration: A study of planned migration process to new towns
Sociology of Planned Migration, the subject of this thesis, is the product of a research into the movement of firms and workers from the inner areas of London to new towns. It is mainly a contribution to the sociology of planning, although its broader aims and objectives are: (a) To develop the …
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Biases toward pregnant women in the workplace
The current study investigates reactions toward pregnant women in the workplace. Participants in an online study watched a video of an applicant (depicted as either pregnant or nonpregnant) for a professional development grant. Additionally, the applicant was either portrayed as stereotypically …
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An Investigation of the Relationship Between Attitudes and Behavior of An Occupational Group Utilizing An Expectancy Theory Approach
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T23:09:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7511552.pdf: 11723418 bytes, checksum: adf2af6ccc1b725c7663765d3d4f47c5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1974
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An Examination of Online Volunteers' Organizational and Work-Group Identification and Intent to Leave: A Case Study of OCEF
<p>This study examined the relationships among organizational identification,work-group identification and intent to leave of online volunteers in a nonprofit organization—OCEF. A total of 245 participants completed the online questionnaire. Consonant with previous research findings, organizational …
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Lillian Moller Gilbreth's Extensions of Scientific Management Into Women's Work, 1924-1935
… 1924 and 1935, techniques of motion study and industrial psychology which were originally designed for factories were adapted for the less-disciplinary spaces occupied by middle-class women.
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Relationship of an Employee Assistance Program to Stress, Absenteeism, Intention to Leave, and Job Performance
This research developed and used a stress-social support framework for understanding the role of EAP services in the lives of the employees and of the organization in a large health care facility. The study investigated relationships between EAP services and worker stress, worker stress and …
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Banking on Meaningful Work: How Organizations and Recipients Shape the Meaning of Helping Others Through Work
Despite a growing interest in meaningful work, current models have largely ignored the role of helping others in the construction of meaningful work, tending to focus instead on the role of personal dispositions, relationships, and the characteristics of job tasks. This is an important oversight …
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Accountability in human resources systems: The impression management and performance-directed functions of goal-setting in the performance evaluation process
Accountability, the condition in which one will likely need to defend decisions or actions, is a common but seldom researched topic in organizational studies. This study purports to investigate the effects of accountability in human resources systems, using the evaluation of performance as a …
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Negotiation teams: The impact of caucusing and team accountability on interaction processes and outcomes
The model proposed here suggests that within-team processes in team negotiation moderate the effect of situational variables (e.g., accountability) on between-team negotiation processes. To test this model, representation structure (teams that caucus, teams that do not caucus, and solo negotiators) …
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Dyadic Distance in the Supervisor-Subordinate Relationship
There is perhaps no construct that is so fundamental to interpersonal interactions in organizations, yet so incompletely understood, than distance. Part of the difficulty in developing a comprehensive and informed understanding of the role distance plays in organizations is that theory and research …
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