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The influence of social factors in corporate governance policy on workplace commitment for female employees in the South African banking industry
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23250 The influence of social factors in corporate governance policy on workplace commitment for female employees in the South African banking industry Hofmeyr, Karl upetd@up.ac.za Singh, Nathisha UCTD Executive ability Corporate governance Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. Employment equity legislation facilitates the entry of women into the workforce; as a consequence there is now a need to investigate factors that would increase female employees’ commitment levels in the workplace. One such factor is perception of social aspects of the corporate governance policy. The present study investigated the influence of employee perceptions of the value of social factors of company policy, on affective, continuance and normative commitment levels. This study was conducted in order to ascertain whether a perception of high value of social factors of corporate governance correlates with high levels of organisational commitment. A positive relationship between these variables would direct and inform the corporate governance policy in an organisation, resulting in a more committed and productive workforce. The study was contextualised in the South African banking industry- in FNB, Standard Bank, Nedbank and Absa. A literature review was undertaken to gain insight into previous work in the fields of organisational commitment studies and corporate governance. A quantitative study was then conducted, using a researcher-constructed questionnaire. Data was analysed using an SPSS statistical package. Findings indicated that the respondents are satisfied that employee welfare, gender equality, increased promotion opportunities for female employees, flexible working hours, parental responsibilities, retaining, training and developing women in the workplace, and employee health and safety are all important considerations in a company’s corporate governance policy. The findings revealed that overall these positive perceptions of the social factors of the corporate governance policy in respondents’ organisations correlated positively with respondents’ workplace commitment levels in the organisation. Findings were then discussed in relation to the literature. Conclusions, recommendations and areas for further study were presented. Copyright Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T14:49:15Z 2010-06-03 2013-09-06T14:49:15Z 2010-03-16 2010-06-03 2010-03-16 Dissertation Singh, N 2008, The influence of social factors in corporate governance policy on workplace commitment for female employees in the South African banking industry, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23250 > G10/89/mh http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23250 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03162010-160914/ © 2008, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Executive ability Corporate governance The influence of social factors in corporate governance policy on workplace commitment for female employees in the South African banking industry |
| title | The influence of social factors in corporate governance policy on workplace commitment for female employees in the South African banking industry |
| title_full | The influence of social factors in corporate governance policy on workplace commitment for female employees in the South African banking industry |
| title_fullStr | The influence of social factors in corporate governance policy on workplace commitment for female employees in the South African banking industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of social factors in corporate governance policy on workplace commitment for female employees in the South African banking industry |
| title_short | The influence of social factors in corporate governance policy on workplace commitment for female employees in the South African banking industry |
| title_sort | influence of social factors in corporate governance policy on workplace commitment for female employees in the south african banking industry |
| topic | UCTD Executive ability Corporate governance |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23250 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03162010-160914/ |