Beyond demography: A psychographic profile of the workforce
作者:
Philip H. Mirvis,
Donald L. Kanter,
期刊:
Human Resource Management
(WILEY Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 30,
issue 1
页码: 45-68
ISSN:0090-4848
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1002/hrm.3930300104
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractThis article examines the life and work attitudes of a national sample of the US workforce surveyed in 1990. It presents a model of work‐ and nonwork‐related factors impinging on attitudes and the impact of these factors on high levels of cynicism found in the workforce today. The survey results show a strong correspondence between people's general perceptions of society, leadership, and the motives of other people and more specific views of their own organization, managers, and co‐workers. Analyses detail the spread of cynicism among demographic segments of the workforce, considering age, race, social class, gender, occupation, and organization type. Concluding sections highlight strategies that companies such as Ben&Jerry's ice cream, Caterpillar Tractor, and others have followed to counter cynicism in their work
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