'n Bedryfsielkundige ondersoek na die werkstevredenheid van dubbelinkomstegesin, enkelinkomstegesin en enkelouergesin werknemers

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The increasing phenomenon of dual-income families, where both the husband and hiswife are active in the labour force, as well as single parents, are part of the presentworkforce diversity in the South African labour force. The issue is not only aworker's affair, but also a business affair. The demographic changes in the labourforce, differences in workers' expectations, die provision and adaptation of humanresource policy, workers' productivity and the organisation's image as a concernedemployer are the issues that, for the sake of organisational efficiency and survival,need to be addressed by management. Organisations should soon come to therealisation that dual-income and single parent workers will in future he a fundamentalpart of the labour force, to make adaptation easier.The primary goal of this study was to determine if there is a statistical significantdifference between dual-income, single-income and single parent worker's jobsatisfaction. The secondary goal was firstly to determine if there is a statisticalsignificant difference between dual-income, single-income and single parent workersconcerning a selected number of variables. A further goal was to determine themoderate influence of a selected number of variables on the job satisfaction of dual-income,single-income and single parent workers. The variables were gender, age,job level, working hours, importance of life role, number of dependent children, agesof dependent children, the wife's motivation for participation in the labour force, roleoverload, time pressure, limitation of career success, financial circumstances, workschedule, organisational policy, division of household tasks and marital support.A comprehensive discussion on dual-income workers, single parent workers and jobsatisfaction was presented. A theoretical model of the multiple facetted dimensions ofthe dual-income and single parent lifestyle served as foundation for the study.The test sample consisted of 295 employees of the University of Stellenbosch, 204 ofwhich were dual-income workers, 50 single income workers and 41 single parentworkers. The questionnaire was divided into two parts. The first part measured thebiographical and moderate variables. The second part was the South African version of the Job Descriptive Index (JDI). The JDI measures the employees' satisfactionconcerning the following five dimensions, namely the work itself, salary,opportunities for promotion, supervision and co-workers. The sum of the JDI.dimensions was also calculated to serve as a measurement of the employees' generaljob satisfaction.The results show firstly a statistical significant difference between dual-income andsingle parent workers in respect of general job satisfaction, the work itself and salary.There was also a statistical significant difference between single-income and singleparent workers in respect of the work itself.The results show secondly a noticeable difference between the three family structuresconcerning gender, job level, working hours, number of children and importance oflife role. There was also a statistical significant difference between the three familystructures concerning role overload and time pressure.The results also show that organisational policy, time pressure, limitation of careersuccess, financial circumstances, work schedule and marital support have a statisticalsignificant influence on employees' job satisfaction. The results did not show anyfurther statistical significant results.The main objectives of this study were successfully achieved. Conclusions andrecommendations for further research were made based on the results of the study.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University