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Gender, Socio-economic Class and Employment Related Attitudes


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Labour behavior is a highly subjective phenomena, strongly influenced by historic conditions and circumstances that are ethnographic in character and governed by attitudes, norms, customs, traditions, and taboos, prevailing in a society. Globalization is often seen as an overwhelming supranational force that has usurped national policy autonomy, not lending itself to the particular socio-cultural and economic needs of a nation. Developing nations need to give priority to mitigating the negative social effects of globalization, so that transition to a more open market economy can be supported by compensatory policies towards those adversely effected. Women and the socioeconomically disadvantaged are often regarded as marginalized labour cohorts. The present study investigates employment related attitudes and the social support received by male and female job seekers belonging to different socio economic class. Findings show that motivational dynamics and social support received by job seekers are dependent on gender and socio economic class. Upper class males got more support from fathers and had internal control perceptions. Women had diffused job aspirations and considered the family as too controlling. Lower class male exhibited external control perceptions and had less supportive families. Clearly, one of the critical requirements for a successful adaptation to a global economy is the incorporation of attitude training, redeployment schemes, and promotion of alternate employment opportunities for the under privileged.

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Employment, Socio-economic Class, Motivation, Social Support
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Mala Sinha
Faculty of Management Studies University of Delhi, Delhi

Abstract


Labour behavior is a highly subjective phenomena, strongly influenced by historic conditions and circumstances that are ethnographic in character and governed by attitudes, norms, customs, traditions, and taboos, prevailing in a society. Globalization is often seen as an overwhelming supranational force that has usurped national policy autonomy, not lending itself to the particular socio-cultural and economic needs of a nation. Developing nations need to give priority to mitigating the negative social effects of globalization, so that transition to a more open market economy can be supported by compensatory policies towards those adversely effected. Women and the socioeconomically disadvantaged are often regarded as marginalized labour cohorts. The present study investigates employment related attitudes and the social support received by male and female job seekers belonging to different socio economic class. Findings show that motivational dynamics and social support received by job seekers are dependent on gender and socio economic class. Upper class males got more support from fathers and had internal control perceptions. Women had diffused job aspirations and considered the family as too controlling. Lower class male exhibited external control perceptions and had less supportive families. Clearly, one of the critical requirements for a successful adaptation to a global economy is the incorporation of attitude training, redeployment schemes, and promotion of alternate employment opportunities for the under privileged.

Keywords


Employment, Socio-economic Class, Motivation, Social Support

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