Premium
Views of Employee Participation, Higher Order Needs, Altruism, Pride in Craftsmanship, and Collectivism: Implications for Organizational Practice and Public Policy
Author(s) -
Ghorpade Jai,
Lackritz Jim,
Singh Gangaram
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00113.x
Subject(s) - pride , collectivism , altruism (biology) , psychology , social psychology , order (exchange) , structural equation modeling , sample (material) , economics , political science , individualism , mathematics , statistics , chemistry , finance , chromatography , law , market economy
Using a sample of 749 individuals, we examine the correlation of views of employee participation and higher order needs, altruism, pride in craftsmanship, and collectivism. Structural equation modeling (accounting for measurement errors) shows that views of employee participation are correlated positively with higher order needs, altruism, pride in craftsmanship, and collectivism. Our model also shows equivalency across 3 different age groups. Implications of our results for organizational practice and public policy are discussed.