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Labour relations that influence the militancy of farm labourers.
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/41898 Labour relations that influence the militancy of farm labourers. Wöcke, Albert ichelp@gibs.co.za Du Toit, Jan-Louis UCTD Labor unions Farm laborers Agricultural laborers Labor movement Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2013. This study investigated whether high quality Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) relationships between farmers and farm labourers reduce the level of militancy that labourers will adopt during labour strikes. The study was conducted in the aftermath of the farm labour wage strikes which occurred between August 2012 and January 2013 in De Doorns in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, in which three labourers lost their lives. Purposive sampling was used to conduct semi-structured interviews across a spectrum of farmers and managers in De Doorns to construct eight case studies of the same event. The interviews were transcribed and analysed in order to test the propositions that were developed during the literature review. This study confirmed the existence of LMX relationships between farmers and labourers. The study further found that: labourers who enjoy higher quality LMX relationships with farmers may be less militant during labour strikes; trust is a critical factor in developing and sustaining high quality LMX relationships; the quality of LMX relationships influences the time required to restore the work relationships after a crisis situation; and the social context in which leaders and members are embedded will influence the quality of the LMX relationship. These findings have applications for the management of labour intensive industries in South Africa that could benefit from reduced militant behaviour during labour strikes. zkgibs2014 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2014-09-02T12:55:58Z 2014-09-02T12:55:58Z 2014-04-30 2013 Mini Dissertation Du Toit, J 2013, Labour relations that influence the militancy of farm labourers., MBA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41898> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41898 en © 2014 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 Labor unions Farm laborers Agricultural laborers Labor movement Labour relations that influence the militancy of farm labourers. |
| title | Labour relations that influence the militancy of farm labourers. |
| title_full | Labour relations that influence the militancy of farm labourers. |
| title_fullStr | Labour relations that influence the militancy of farm labourers. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Labour relations that influence the militancy of farm labourers. |
| title_short | Labour relations that influence the militancy of farm labourers. |
| title_sort | labour relations that influence the militancy of farm labourers |
| topic | UCTD Labor unions Farm laborers Agricultural laborers Labor movement |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41898 |