Relationships between Selected Demographic Variables and Employee Work Ethics as Perceived by Supervisors

Autor/inn/en	Brauchle, Paul E.; Azam, Md. Shafiqul
Titel	Relationships between Selected Demographic Variables and Employee Work Ethics as Perceived by Supervisors
Quelle	In: Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 41 (2004) 1, S.1-12 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1864
Schlagwörter	Administrator Attitudes; Supervisors; Employees; Work Ethic; Work Attitudes; Sex; Age; Educational Attainment; Employment Experience; Correlation; Aspiration; Teamwork; Self Control; Reliability; Measures (Individuals); Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Arbeitsethos; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Geschlecht; Geschlechtsverkehr; Alter; Lebensalter; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Occupational experience; Job experience; Work experience; Berufserfahrung; Korrelation; Streben; Selbstbeherrschung; Reliabilität; Messdaten
Abstract	"Work ethic" is a cultural norm that advocates being personally accountable and responsible for the work that one does. It is based on a belief that work has intrinsic value to the individual. The concept of "work ethic" relates to the desirable work attitudes, values, and habits expected from employees. Positive work attitudes are attributes that are desired from every employed person, from the lowest level of employees to the CEO of the organization. This study investigated the relationships between demographic variables (i.e., gender, age, level of education, and length of full-time employment) and manufacturing employees' work attitudes as rated by their supervisors. The following questions were investigated: (1) What is the relationship between the demographic variables of gender, age, level of education, and length of full-time employment and work attitudes of information employees when their supervisors rated the employees' work attitudes?; and (2) What is the relationship between the demographic variables of gender, age, level of education, and length of full-time employment and work attitudes of noninformation employees when their supervisors rated the employees' work attitudes? Study results indicate that four characteristics of the Occupational Work Ethic Inventory (OWEI), "Ambition," "Teamwork," "Dependability," and "Self-Control" are valid and reliable measures of work ethic, and that continued assessment of the existence of these work attitudes and habits in the work force will yield benchmarks to measure the strength of those characteristics, the workplace situations which seem to foster them, and the extent to which they can be taught or nurtured. (Contains 6 tables.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators. Web site: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JITE/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10