The development and evaluation of a cross-cultural tolerance programme amongst skilled workers in the mining industry
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Date
2000
Authors
Baker, Bruce David
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University of the Free State
Abstract
In the current study, the author attempts to evaluate and develop a cross-cultural
tolerance programme conducted with skilled employees form the gold mining
industry. An experimental group of subjects were subjected to the programme as well
as a control group of subjects that were not subjected to a programme of such a
nature.
All subjects in the experimental groups as well as control groups were assessed
according to three co-variables (affect, belief and intention) ultimately developing
into core attitudes being formed (i.e. tolerance and / intolerance).
Results were encouraging in the sense that certain key co-variables were identified in
the formation of attitudes of tolerance and intolerance. However no significant
statistical difference was evident between the experimental and control groups in
regard to a difference between attitudes of tolerance and intolerance. In general, higher averages for both attitudes of tolerance and intolerance were
detected for both the experimental group and the control group.
Weaknesses in the entire design are indicated, and suggestions for future research are
made.
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Skilled employees, Toleration, Skilled labor -- Attitudes, Organizational behavior, Dissertation (M.Soc.Sc. (Industrial Psychology))--University of the Free State, 2000