Factors affecting union participation among employees at hotels in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Low pay in the hotel and catering industry is generally held to create a culture of instrumentalism amongst many employees. Therefore, employees need a strong voice to articulate what workers need at their working conditions. This is where trade union can offer a respected representative at workp...
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| Language: | English |
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2014
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/17891/1/Factors%20affecting%20union%20participation.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/17891/ |
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| Summary: | Low pay in the hotel and catering industry is generally held to create a culture of
instrumentalism amongst many employees. Therefore, employees need a strong voice
to articulate what workers need at their working conditions. This is where trade union
can offer a respected representative at workplace to negotiate with employer.
However, recently, declining in union density worldwide seems to signify a weakening
of their influence. This study attempt to investigate the relationship between employee
needs affecting union participation, union role played that affect union participation
and employer attitude towards union that affect employee decision to participate in
union. A total of two hundred questionnaires were sent to the hotel. To analyses the
relationship factors that influence union participation, multiple regression analysis was
run. From the data analysis, two hypotheses was accepted, which are reason of
employee belong to union and union role, while the other one hypotheses was
rejected which is employer attitude towards union. |
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