Open AccessCONSEQUENCES OF SOCIALISM IN EMPLOYEE'S ATTITUDES
Author(s) -
Ruth Alas
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of business economics and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1611-1699
pISSN - 2029-4433
DOI - 10.3846/16111699.2003.9636037
Subject(s) - socialism , job satisfaction , feeling , work (physics) , developing country , economics , economic system , political science , psychology , social psychology , economic growth , politics , communism , law , mechanical engineering , engineering
This paper compares people from former socialist countries with those of non‐socialist countries according to their attitudes toward society, trade unions, work and the organisations they work for ‐ based on empirical data from 15 countries. Results indicate that intrinsic factors of job satisfaction in the traditional capitalist countries have a greater correlation with feelings toward the company and general job satisfaction than extrinsic factors. The opposite is true of former socialist countries. Countries with a socialist past have to deal with the satisfaction of needs at a lower level than traditional capitalist countries and this consequently influences attitudes and expectations toward society, trade unions, organisations and work.