A dual process model approach to labour authority attitudes towards homeworkers in the Zimbabwean ınformal economy Zothile Moyo; Supervisors:Julie Alev Dilmaç,Ergün Özgür

Yazar: Katkıda bulunan(lar):Dil: İngilizce Yayın ayrıntıları:Nicosia Cyprus International University 2015Tanım: V, 106 p. tab.,fig. 30 cmİçerik türü:
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1 INTRODUCTION
2 AIM OF THE PROBLEM
3 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH
5 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
7 CHAPTER 1 LITERATURE REVIEW
7 DEFINITION: HOMEWORKERS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
10 DECENT WORK AND THE INFORMAL ECONOMY
13 The Decent Work Challenge
17 Invisibility of Homeworkers
17 Employment Relationships and Burden of Proof
18 Disguised Relationship
19 Third Party Modality
20 RECOGNITION OF HOMEWORKERS : COUNTRY ANALYSES
26 KNOWLEDGE ON THE HOME WORKING
27 HOMEWORKERS IN ZIMBABWE
27 Employment and the Labour Market Situation
27 Increased Informalization of the Economy
28 International Labour Standards
29 DUAL PROCESS APPROACH TO ATTITUDE FORMATION AND CHANGE
31 LABOUR AUTHORITY ATTITUDES
33 CHAPTER 2 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY
33 SCOPE OF THE RESEARCH
33 QUANTITATIVE METHODOLOGY
35 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND HYPOTHESES
37 RESEARCH DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE INSTRUMENT
38 Variables
41 Pretest of the Scale
47 MAIN RESEARCH
47 Defining the Target Population and Sampling
51 Data Collection and Procedure
52 CHAPTER 3 DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULT
52 DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS
57 Frequency Distribution of the Dependent Variable
60 FACTOR AND RELIABILITY ANALYSES
63 ANALYSES
63 Independent-Samples t Tests
71 One- Way Anova Analysis
76 Regression Analysis
77 PERSPECTIVE INTO OBJECTIVE 2, RESEARCH QUESTION
81 CHAPTER 4 CONCLUSION, DISCUSSION, PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS, LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH
81 CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION
87 PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS
89 LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH
93 REFERENCE
101 APPENDİCES
101 APPENDIX 1 CONVENTIONS RATIFIED BY ZIMBABWE
102 APPENDIX 2 QUESTIONNAIRE FORMATION BASED ON THE THURSTONE SCALING METHOD -SENT TO JUDGES
105 APPENDIX 3 QUESTIONNAIRE DEVELOPMENT AFTER THE ANALYSIS
Özet: 'ABSTRACT Labour markets are experiencing an unprecedented increase in the use of home based labour in informal economies. Homeworking exploits cheap labour and employs unskilled workers who are unaware of their rights as workers. Homeworkers have been treated as an anomaly in both informal economy enumerations and labour regulation and consequently, fall outside the ambit of legal protection, income and social security, often not considered as 'workers' at all. Confined to the invisible folds within the informal economy, the activities of homeworkers are subject to labour authority attitudes and misconceptions that exclude and deprive them of basic rights under 'employee' status in both policy and enforcement. The cumulative result is extreme levels of vulnerability that are incomparable to that of most other workers. The scant attention devoted to the relationship between attitudes of labour authorities and homeworker recognition threatens to undermine the development of decent work for homeworkers. This research aims to examine how knowledge levels and attitudes held by labour authorities in Zimbabwe affect the recognition of homeworkers as employees in the country's changing labour market. There is a gap in the literature on information of this nature on Zimbabwe and this research intends to add country specific insight. The Dual Process Model approach as the basis of analysis highlights the existence of both implicit and explicit attitudes in object valuation. The investigation takes on a quantitative methodology, using survey questionnaires distributed to 114 labour authorities in Zimbabwe, 80 of which responded. A Thurstone scale of Equal Appearing Intervals was adapted to measure the attitudes of the labour authorities. The results indicated that officials with high attitude scores had a high probability of recognizing homeworkers. Lower/ negative attitudes were significantly associated with low recognition of homeworkers. Knowledge and recognition had a significantly positive relationship. Increases in knowledge on homeworkers and homeworking caused increases in recognition of homeworkers. It was assumed that demographics had an impact on the attitudes and perspectives held by labour authorities on homeworkers. The results indicated that gender and age were the only variables with a significant impact on attitudes, knowledge and recognition. The reliability of the measurement scale was positive with acceptable Cronbach alpha values between .670 and .745. Key Words: Homeworkers, informal economy, decent work, attitudes, recognition, Zimbabwe. '
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'ABSTRACT Labour markets are experiencing an unprecedented increase in the use of home based labour in informal economies. Homeworking exploits cheap labour and employs unskilled workers who are unaware of their rights as workers. Homeworkers have been treated as an anomaly in both informal economy enumerations and labour regulation and consequently, fall outside the ambit of legal protection, income and social security, often not considered as 'workers' at all. Confined to the invisible folds within the informal economy, the activities of homeworkers are subject to labour authority attitudes and misconceptions that exclude and deprive them of basic rights under 'employee' status in both policy and enforcement. The cumulative result is extreme levels of vulnerability that are incomparable to that of most other workers. The scant attention devoted to the relationship between attitudes of labour authorities and homeworker recognition threatens to undermine the development of decent work for homeworkers. This research aims to examine how knowledge levels and attitudes held by labour authorities in Zimbabwe affect the recognition of homeworkers as employees in the country's changing labour market. There is a gap in the literature on information of this nature on Zimbabwe and this research intends to add country specific insight. The Dual Process Model approach as the basis of analysis highlights the existence of both implicit and explicit attitudes in object valuation. The investigation takes on a quantitative methodology, using survey questionnaires distributed to 114 labour authorities in Zimbabwe, 80 of which responded. A Thurstone scale of Equal Appearing Intervals was adapted to measure the attitudes of the labour authorities. The results indicated that officials with high attitude scores had a high probability of recognizing homeworkers. Lower/ negative attitudes were significantly associated with low recognition of homeworkers. Knowledge and recognition had a significantly positive relationship. Increases in knowledge on homeworkers and homeworking caused increases in recognition of homeworkers. It was assumed that demographics had an impact on the attitudes and perspectives held by labour authorities on homeworkers. The results indicated that gender and age were the only variables with a significant impact on attitudes, knowledge and recognition. The reliability of the measurement scale was positive with acceptable Cronbach alpha values between .670 and .745. Key Words: Homeworkers, informal economy, decent work, attitudes, recognition, Zimbabwe. '

1 INTRODUCTION

2 AIM OF THE PROBLEM

3 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH

5 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

7 CHAPTER 1 LITERATURE REVIEW

7 DEFINITION: HOMEWORKERS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

10 DECENT WORK AND THE INFORMAL ECONOMY

13 The Decent Work Challenge

17 Invisibility of Homeworkers

17 Employment Relationships and Burden of Proof

18 Disguised Relationship

19 Third Party Modality

20 RECOGNITION OF HOMEWORKERS : COUNTRY ANALYSES

26 KNOWLEDGE ON THE HOME WORKING

27 HOMEWORKERS IN ZIMBABWE

27 Employment and the Labour Market Situation

27 Increased Informalization of the Economy

28 International Labour Standards

29 DUAL PROCESS APPROACH TO ATTITUDE FORMATION AND CHANGE

31 LABOUR AUTHORITY ATTITUDES

33 CHAPTER 2 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

33 SCOPE OF THE RESEARCH

33 QUANTITATIVE METHODOLOGY

35 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND HYPOTHESES

37 RESEARCH DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE INSTRUMENT

38 Variables

41 Pretest of the Scale

47 MAIN RESEARCH

47 Defining the Target Population and Sampling

51 Data Collection and Procedure

52 CHAPTER 3 DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULT

52 DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS

57 Frequency Distribution of the Dependent Variable

60 FACTOR AND RELIABILITY ANALYSES

63 ANALYSES

63 Independent-Samples t Tests

71 One- Way Anova Analysis

76 Regression Analysis

77 PERSPECTIVE INTO OBJECTIVE 2, RESEARCH QUESTION

81 CHAPTER 4 CONCLUSION, DISCUSSION, PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS, LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH

81 CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION

87 PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS

89 LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH

93 REFERENCE

101 APPENDİCES

101 APPENDIX 1 CONVENTIONS RATIFIED BY ZIMBABWE

102 APPENDIX 2 QUESTIONNAIRE FORMATION BASED ON THE THURSTONE SCALING METHOD -SENT TO JUDGES

105 APPENDIX 3 QUESTIONNAIRE DEVELOPMENT AFTER THE ANALYSIS

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