The Effectiveness of a Joint Labor-Management Council on Increasing Productivity and Enhancing the Quality of Work Life

摘要

This study is divided into two parts. Part I assesses the effectiveness of a Joint Labor-Management Council using an established Quality of Work Life Survey. The survey was given to treatment and control groups in a one pretest, two post-test research design. Factor analysis was conducted across all responses to determine underlying factors measured by the instrument. Sixteen factors relating to quality of work life and perceived productivity were identified. Work group factor scores were calculated and compared between the pretest and both posttests in an analysis of covariance procedure. No significant difference was found between treatment and control groups at either of the posttests for any factor after adjusting for pretest differences. Part II develops a survey instrument to assess organizational effectiveness. That instrument consists of two sections. The supervisor inventory section was developed from previous versions of an organizational assessment package and from data from current research works. The inventory was administered to a group and the resulting data analyzed via factor analysis. Thirteen factors were named. This was an improvement over the original package which contained three factors. The second section, the job inventory, was developed in the same manner as the supervisory inventory, but not tested. (Author)