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Questions 8, 9,&10

In a hypothetical study of a major North American automobile manufacturer, employees provided opinions on a scale of 0 to 100 as follows:

ATTEND: Employee attendance/participation. The percentage of workdays (excluding paid vacation) that the employee was not absent in the 12months prior to the study.

BOARD: The employee\'s support for policies supported by the corporation\'s board of directors in the 12 months prior to the study.

DIV: The employee\'s support for positions take by the director of the employee\'s own division in the 12 months prior to the study.

SECUR: The employee\'s feelings of security in keeping his or her present job during the coming year.

PARTIC: The employee\'s support for a participatory decisions-making approach similar to the one used by several Japanese competitors.

OPPOR: The employee\'s self-assessment of opportunity for promotion/advancement in the coming year.

UNION: The employee\'s support for expanded trade union activities in the firm.

SALARY: The employee\'s perception of the likelihood of receiving a major pay raise in his or her current job sometime in the next year.

MGTPOP: All 89 of the highest-level managers in the corporation (top and upper-middle levels).

EMPLOY: A randomly selected sample of 50 employees working under the top and middle managers at the firm.

Question 8

Here are the mean scores for the management population and the employee sample:

Variable

MGTPOP

EMPLOY

ATTEND

        92.35

        92.92

BOARD

        57.11

        37.38

DIV

        74.94

        78.22

SECUR

        56.16

        50.70

PARTIC

        48.59

        60.20

OPPOR

        42.52

        36.64

UNION

        42.47

        71.30

SALARY

        53.87

        53.82

Do managers and employees differ in terms of attendance?

Which group supports the board of directors\' decisions more?

Which group has the greater sense of both security and opportunity?

Assuming that support for union activity expansion is a measure of employee discontent, is your conclusion in comparing the means for UNION consistent with your conclusion in part C?

Question 9

Here are the mean scores for the management population broken into Top and Upper-Middle management:

Variable

Top Mgmt

Upper-Middle Mgmt

ATTEND

             93.07

                                   91.80

BOARD

             69.79

                                   47.22

DIV

             70.20

                                   78.64

SECUR

             77.15

                                   39.80

PARTIC

             18.46

                                   72.10

OPPOR

             75.92

                                   16.48

UNION

             32.74

                                   85.66

SALARY

             76.66

                                   36.10

A. Compare the two groups of managers in terms of:

Attendance

Support for the board of directors

Support for division directors\' decisions

B. Do you sense a certain level of discontent in upper-middle management?

Question 10

Two groups are compared in the following sets of data.

Upper-Middle Management

Variable

N

Mean

S.D.

ATTEND

50

    91.80

   12.83

BOARD

50

    47.22

   10.91

DIV

50

    78.64

   15.16

SECUR

50

    39.80

   31.02

PARTIC

50

    72.10

   22.01

OPPOR

50

    16.48

   18.20

UNION

50

    85.66

   10.81

SALARY

50

    36.10

   11.11

White-Collar Employees

Variable

N

Mean

S.D.

ATTEND

29

    93.31

     5.11

BOARD

29

    23.89

     6.97

DIV

29

    84.20

     9.43

SECUR

29

    31.31

   26.79

PARTIC

29

    81.89

   17.89

OPPOR

29

    13.17

   16.73

UNION

29

    92.44

   10.96

SALARY

29

    35.00

   14.77

Questions 8, 9,&10

In a hypothetical study of a major North American automobile manufacturer, employees provided opinions on a scale of 0 to 100 as follows:

ATTEND: Employee attendance/participation. The percentage of workdays (excluding paid vacation) that the employee was not absent in the 12months prior to the study.

BOARD: The employee\'s support for policies supported by the corporation\'s board of directors in the 12 months prior to the study.

DIV: The employee\'s support for positions take by the director of the employee\'s own division in the 12 months prior to the study.

SECUR: The employee\'s feelings of security in keeping his or her present job during the coming year.

PARTIC: The employee\'s support for a participatory decisions-making approach similar to the one used by several Japanese competitors.

OPPOR: The employee\'s self-assessment of opportunity for promotion/advancement in the coming year.

UNION: The employee\'s support for expanded trade union activities in the firm.

SALARY: The employee\'s perception of the likelihood of receiving a major pay raise in his or her current job sometime in the next year.

MGTPOP: All 89 of the highest-level managers in the corporation (top and upper-middle levels).

EMPLOY: A randomly selected sample of 50 employees working under the top and middle managers at the firm.

Question 8

Here are the mean scores for the management population and the employee sample:

Variable

MGTPOP

EMPLOY

ATTEND

        92.35

        92.92

BOARD

        57.11

        37.38

DIV

        74.94

        78.22

SECUR

        56.16

        50.70

PARTIC

        48.59

        60.20

OPPOR

        42.52

        36.64

UNION

        42.47

        71.30

SALARY

        53.87

        53.82

a. Do managers and employees differ in terms of attendance?

b. Which group supports the board of directors\' decisions more?

c. Which group has the greater sense of both security and opportunity?

d. Assuming that support for union activity expansion is a measure of employee discontent, is your conclusion in comparing the means for UNION consistent with your conclusion in part C?

Question 9

Here are the mean scores for the management population broken into Top and Upper-Middle management:

Variable

Top Mgmt

Upper-Middle Mgmt

ATTEND

             93.07

                                   91.80

BOARD

             69.79

                                   47.22

DIV

             70.20

                                   78.64

SECUR

             77.15

                                   39.80

PARTIC

             18.46

                                   72.10

OPPOR

             75.92

                                   16.48

UNION

             32.74

                                   85.66

SALARY

             76.66

                                   36.10

A. Compare the two groups of managers in terms of:

         - Attendance

        - Support for the board of directors

        - Support for division directors\' decisions

B. Do you sense a certain level of discontent in upper-middle management?

Question 10

Two groups are compared in the following sets of data.

Upper-Middle Management

Variable

N

Mean

S.D.

ATTEND

50

    91.80

   12.83

BOARD

50

    47.22

   10.91

DIV

50

    78.64

   15.16

SECUR

50

    39.80

   31.02

PARTIC

50

    72.10

   22.01

OPPOR

50

    16.48

   18.20

UNION

50

    85.66

   10.81

SALARY

50

    36.10

   11.11

White-Collar Employees

Variable

N

Mean

S.D.

ATTEND

29

    93.31

     5.11

BOARD

29

    23.89

     6.97

DIV

29

    84.20

     9.43

SECUR

29

    31.31

   26.79

PARTIC

29

    81.89

   17.89

OPPOR

29

    13.17

   16.73

UNION

29

    92.44

   10.96

SALARY

29

    35.00

   14.77

Compare the means and the standard deviations for each variable. Discuss your conclusions?

Variable	MGTPOP	EMPLOY
ATTEND	92.35	92.92
BOARD	57.11	37.38
DIV	74.94	78.22
SECUR	56.16	50.70
PARTIC	48.59	60.20
OPPOR	42.52	36.64
UNION	42.47	71.30
SALARY	53.87	53.82

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