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Blue Collar, Red Dress: A Novel and Critical Commentary
… of Arts by research is comprised of a novel, 'Blue Collar, Red Dress' and a Critical Commentary. 'Blue Collar, Red Dress' is a work of fiction, based on my own experiences of growing up in Housing Commission flats in the 1960s. It is the story of Linda and Heidi, their friendship and their …
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Industrialization and Korean Blue-Collar Workers (Automobile Industry, Hyundai)
… describes the characteristics of Korean blue-collar workers, and compares them with auto workers in four other countries to evaluate the applicability of three theories (convergence, dependency, and cultural) dealing with the effects of industrialization upon these workers. This study …
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Blue-collar workers in Japan and Holland: a comparative study
Contains fulltext : mmubn000001_190570296.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Sexual Inequality of Earnings in Metropolitan Blue-Collar Labor Markets
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Job satisfaction among blue-collar women: a saliency criterion for measurement
… criterion is explored using a sample of 72 blue collar women. The concept is found to be both viable and relatively stable for various subgroups within the sample, as defined by several factors external to the job. Job satisfaction scales using specified saliency criteria are compared with …
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Inclusive Leadership and Job Performance: A Study of Blue-Collar Worker Perceptions
In South Africa, blue-collar workers typically operate in labour-intensive work environments where inclusive leadership behaviours are often not viewed as a value-adding tool and where employee willingness to contribute to organisational processes is low. All of which can negatively impact …
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Development of industry-based strategies for motivating seat-belt usage among blue-collar workers
… has shown that seat belt wearing among white-collar workers can be motivated through the use of incentives. Incentive strategies have not, however, been effective among blue-collar workers for several reasons: (1) lack of identification with the programs; (2) lack of influence on development …
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Using Focus Groups to Determine Blue-Collar Workers' Perceptions Regarding Dietary Practices and Cancer Prevention
… and income levels within a population, and that blue-collar workers tend to consume 38-40% of total calories as fat. It is possible that national campaign efforts to change dietary practices are not reaching educationally and economically challenged populations. This research identifies the …
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Work-family conflict and turnover intention amongst blue-collar workers : does resilience play a role?
… have had on this relationship. Participants were bluecollar workers (N = 136) within the chemical-specialty industry in the Western Cape. Exploratory factor analysis illustrated the unidimensionality of work-family conflict, however there was a strong theoretical argument to treat work-family …
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The effects of sense of coherence on work stressors and outcomes in blue collar workers
… were obtained from a sample of 111 male, white, blue collar workers at a large chemicals manufacturing organization from a questionnaire compiled for this study, and organizational records. The data were subjected to correlational analysis, supplemented by a form of moderated multiple regression …
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The Voice Behind Music Streaming: An Audio Documentary of Blue Collar Musicians in the Digital Age
This paper includes the script of an audio documentary. The subject of this project focuses on the experience of independent musicians who engage in the music market in the Austin area after the digital disruption. Some of their challenges include navigating the saturated Austin music industry and …
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Individual differences in work behaviour of blue-collar workers : a study of rubber tappers in Malaysia
… rubber tappers. Rubber tappers are unskilled blue-collar workers who essentially do the same type of work and are paid the same rates of pay. There are very few studies that have compared male and female blue-collar workers doing similar jobs in organisational settings. This study is one of …
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Manager characteristics and support for worksite health promotion programs that target women in small, blue-collar worksites
… health behaviors among managers in small, blue-collar textile and light manufacturing worksites in eastern North Carolina. Ninety-eight managers completed a self-administered questionnaire that assessed levels of support for, and interest in, employee health promotion programs, perception …
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The Structure of Working Class Economic Inequality Under Market Socialism: A Labor Market Analysis of Blue-Collar Workers in Yugoslavia
I compared skill homogenization and skill solidarity theory for their ability to account for: (1) the effects of labor market characteristics on working-class earnings in different regions of Yugoslavia that varied in their level of industrialization; and, (2) economic stratification among …
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Agile Arbeitsorganisation in der Intralogistik – Die Bedeutung agiler Methoden, Praktiken und Tools für die Reaktionsfähigkeit in der Intralogistik aus der Perspektive von Blue-Collar-Beschäftigten in Schweizer Industrie- und Handelsunternehmen
… largely developed for knowledge-intensive white-collar contexts, can be adapted to physically bound, takt-driven blue-collar settings remains unclear. This thesis examines whether and how agile approaches can enhance responsiveness, defined as the ability of intralogistics systems to react …
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Peer Influence: A Method to Help Manage Stress
… find a difference between middle managers’ and blue-collar workers’ episodic non-work related and work related stress events. The information that was found was to be developed into a “peer influence” program to help prevent the workers from experiencing chronic stress symptoms.</p> …
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Heart rate variability and neurocognitive performance in blue- and white-collar workers: Implications for cardiac risks
… between HRV and neurocognitive performance in blue- and white-collar workers. Data was obtained from n = 101 participants aged between 19-61 years comprising of n = 48 white-collar workers (male: n = 25, female: n = 23) and n = 53 blue-collar workers (male: n = 42, female: n = 11). The …
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Causal Modeling of Organizational Commitment
… by five occupational groups ranging from blue collar to professional workers. Successive iterations of a path analytic technique indicated that across the five occupational categories, job satisfaction was the single most important determinant of organizational commitment. However, if the …
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The Impact of an Incentive/Competition Program on Participation and Smoking Cessation Among High Risk Smokers at the Worksite
… program attracted a higher percentage of hourly (blue-collar) smokers (18.5%) compared to the "M" program (9.3%), or the "T" program (7.9%). Incentives with competition were also effective for improving abstinence for as long as 6 months (41%) compared to the "M" program (23%), and for 12 months …
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