- Title
- Relationship between employee knowledge, personal contact and attitudes towards chronically ill co-workers: case of selected organisations within the banking sector
- Creator
- Kanengoni, Herbert
- Subject
- Attitude (Psychology)
- Subject
- Chronically ill -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Banks and banking -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Industrial safety -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Date
- 2010
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MCom (Industrial Psychology)
- Identifier
- vital:11544
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/494
- Identifier
- Attitude (Psychology)
- Identifier
- Chronically ill -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Banks and banking -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Industrial safety -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Description
- As chronic illnesses continue to be a burden in today’s organisations, it remains a very crucial call for management to find ways to eradicate the associated organisational problems. While people of all ages are affected by chronic illnesses, there is a higher risk of the elderly developing chronic diseases. However, as much as chronic illnesses are inevitable among employees, there should be ways at least to curb negative social and goal achievement impact which they bring in organisations. In this regard, a survey of 80 employees was conducted to examine the relationship between employees' knowledge about, contact with, and attitudes towards their co-employees with chronic illnesses (CI). Results indicated that employees' knowledge about and contact with individuals diagnosed with chronic illnesses were significantly related to better attitudes toward this population. The findings also revealed that knowledge was related to positive attitudes among employees who had more personal contact with individuals with Chronic illnesses (CI) and such findings indicate the importance of exposing employees to information about chronic illnesses and direct practice experience with individuals who have these illnesses. To be noted also is that 39% of the respondents preferred to be exposed to health bulletins and magazines; 18% of the respondents preferred the help of health workers and about a third (30%) favoured brochures, posters and printed materials such as flyers. Managerial implications for employees with chronic illness are discussed
- Format
- 88 leaves; 30 cm
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Management & Commerce
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
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