The present study evaluated the nature of organizational commitment in Turkey, a predominantly collectivist society. The investigation involved three phases. In Study I, several emic organizational commitment items as well as emic organizational commitment antecedents were ident…
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The purpose of this study is to understand how the Turkish immigrant community in Paterson, New Jersey, obtains and retains jobs in wage employment and enters into and survives in small business; in the process using its own resources to negotiate the formal and informal opportu…
The number of international migrants has reached an incredible level, and international migration has become more complex in composition and motivation since World War II. Consequently, migrant rights, and problems arising during the process of assimilation have become worldwide…
This study is the first complete analysis of social upheaval in Yugoslavia in the 1980s, especially on the groundswell of organized labor resistance that emerged in resistance to rapid economic transformation. This study introduces a new data source on "events of labor unrest" (…
The multinationals' oligopolistic control of technology, capital, and production factors, and their desires for inexpensive labor, accessible raw materials, and ready markets have led them to establish affiliates in developing countries around the world. The multinationals' need…
The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that facilitate or hinder the process of Saudization in the private sector of the Saudi Arabian labor force as viewed by young Saudis eligible for work in the private sector. The dependent variable was attitude toward work in …
This study tests a set of hypotheses concerning knowledge obsolescence in samples of electrical, mechanical, and research engineers in Egypt. It was hypothesized that knowledge obsolescence is positively related to bureaucratic elements, managerial role orientations, level of su…
The purpose of this study was to measure the level of organizational commitment and job satisfaction among the employees of the United Arab Emirates University. The theoretical and conceptual elements of the study evolved from the literature on social systems theory, bureaucracy…
This work investigates the Histadrut's picketing campaign demanding the exclusive employment of Jewish workers at Jewish-owned work sites in Palestine, from 1927 to 1936, and the elements of propaganda employed by that campaign. Two chapters examine the picketing confrontations …
This dissertation is an ethnography of Thai migrant farmworkers in the Central Arabah region of Israel, their employers, and their kin in Northeast Thailand (Isaan). It argues that over the last thirty years, the cooperative communities (moshavim) of this region have come to rel…
The construction managers in Saudi Arabia, due to the country's demographics, level of technology and development, face a problem that is rare in most developed countries: the source of the skilled labor. Aside from the logistical problems associated with labor importation, the …
The chief executive officer (CEO) is the face of an organization. Nonetheless, since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the importance of the chief financial officer (CFO) has increased (Alkhafaji, 2007; Schminke, Arnaud, & Keunzi, 2007). The CEO and CFO are the top two executive p…
This qualitative study investigates the voluntary turnover and job satisfaction among millennial English-language journalists in Indonesia in order to understand why young journalists leave their news organization or journalism altogether. It also examines the motivation to stay…
Management practices refer to working practices to improve workers effectiveness and improve performance and quality. Because of limited studies of healthcare management practices in developing countries led to this study. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study is to …
After the mid-twentieth century, the American labor movement began to decline. Across the U.S., Union memberships and the rate of work stoppages decreased. In the hospitality-industry-driven city of Las Vegas, Nevada, however, the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 more than doubl…
This dissertation examines the origins, functions, and effects of precarious schedules—characterized by unpredictable timing or hours of work—in the US labor market. I focus on the retail sector, which has drawn scrutiny for unstable scheduling practices, such as on-call shifts …
Researchers have reported a direct correlation between motivation and extrinsic incentives to increase performance in the workplace. Extrinsic motivators such as compensation, promotion opportunities, and professional development entice employees to exceed their work expectation…
Labor unions are a controversial and relatively little understood species of organization. While empirical research on the effects of unions on various labor market outcomes proliferated in the 1970s and 80s, theoretical understanding of the behavior of unions remains at its ear…
This thesis reviews the historical, political, and cultural foundations for establishing seafood industrial clusters at Zhoushan Islands, explaining the organizational level management, operation, and regulatory strategies utilized by seafood factory owners to achieve their succ…