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The general purpose of this study was to determine the impact that the match of mentor and mentee had on the success of the mentoring relationship. The leadership style of the mentor and the reporting style of the mentee were determined and effectiveness of the match was determined. This was done in order to determine the impact of the match between mentor and mantee on the quality of the mentoring relationship. The study was conducted within a local government milieu with a sample of 34 mentors and 40 mentees, thus a total of 40 mentoring pairs. These participants were all part of a formal mentorship programme within the organisation. The findings indicated that when leadership and reporting styles of mentoring pairs are complementary it will not have a significant effect on the success of the mentoring relationship. It furthermore suggests that careful consideration should be given in selecting participants before initiating mentorship programmes. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.A. (Industrial Psychology)

Thesis (MPA)--Stellenbosch University, 2003. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Freedom of association is a constitutional fundamental freedom denied the members of the Namibian Police Service. This led to the researcher to conduct a study on current labour practices in the said organisation. The aim thereof was to establish whether the inexistence of unions has a detrimental effect on labour relations, and also to explore possibilities of introducing trade unions in the Police Service. A study was conducted within a qualitative approach with the data obtained from existing literature as well as through interviewing police officers and other public office bearers. It was ultimately found that the entire organisation is fraught with labour related problems, which would have been handled differently within unionism. The study therefore recommends that a union be formed for the Namibian Police members. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Vryheid van assosiasie is 'n konsitusionele fundamentele vryheid wat die lede van die Namibiese Polisiediens ontsê is. Dit was aanleidend tot die navorser se ondersoek van bestaande werkspraktyke in die gemelde organisasie. Die studie is daarop gerig om vas te stel of die bestaan van unies nadelig inwerk op werksverhoudings asook om die moontlikheid van die instelling van vakunies in die polisiediens te ondersoek. Die studie is met 'n kwalitatiewe benadering onderneem en data is bekom uit bestaande literatuur asook onderhoudsvoering met polisiebeamptes en ander openbare ampsdraers. Daar is uiteindelik bevind dat die hele organisasie gebuk gaan ander werksverwante probleme wat binne vakunie-verband anders hanteer sou word. Die studie beveel dan ook aan dat 'n unie vir die lede van die Namibiese Polisie ingestel moet word.

Οι εργασιακές σχέσεις αποτελούν ένα θέμα μείζονος σημασίας για τις επιχειρήσεις και μπορούν να είναι ένας από τους παράγοντες που θα επηρεάσουν την αποδοτικότητά τους. Όταν εκδηλώνονται αρνητικές καταστάσεις στον εργασιακό χώρο, λόγω απορρύθμισης των εργασιακών σχέσεων, η απόδοση των εργαζομένων δεν είναι η επιθυμητή. Οι εργασιακές σχέσεις συνδέονται σε μεγάλο βαθμό με την εργασιακή ικανοποίηση. Αν ο εργαζόμενος νιώθει ικανοποιημένος από την εργασία του, τότε είναι πιο παραγωγικός και συμβάλλει ενεργά στην ανάπτυξη της εταιρείας που εργάζεται. Η εργασιακή ικανοποίηση προέρχεται από καταστάσεις και χαρακτηριστικά όπως ο μισθός, το ωράριο εργασίας, οι σχέσεις εργαζομένων διοίκησης αλλά και εργαζομένων μεταξύ τους, η εκπαίδευση και κατάρτιση, δηλαδή πεδία τα οποία μελετώνται και από τις εργασιακές σχέσεις. Η εργασία αυτή θα προσπαθήσει να αναδείξει την άμεση σχέση που υπάρχει ανάμεσα σε εργασιακές σχέσεις και εργασιακή ικανοποίηση, μελετώντας την περίπτωση μιας εκ των μεγαλύτερων εταιρειών στην Ελλάδα και τη ΝΑ Ευρώπη, την εταιρεία ΟΤΕ Α.Ε.. Από την έρευνα αυτή προκύπτουν αρκετά σημαντικά συμπεράσματα που συνδέουν τις εργασιακές σχέσεις και την εργασιακή ικανοποίηση και ειδικά σε μια περίοδο που ως κύριο χαρακτηριστικό έχει την οικονομική κρίση. / Industrial relations are a major issue for firms and can be one of the factors that affect their profitability. When negative situations occur in the workplace due to destabilization of industrial relations, employee performance is not the desirable one. Industrial relations are highly related to job satisfaction. If the employee feels satisfied with his/her job, then s/he is more productive and actively contributes to the development of the company. Job satisfaction stems from factors such as salary, working hours, relations between employees and managers as well as relations with colleagues, education and training, that is fields that are studied under industrial relations. This paper attempts to highlight the direct link between industrial relations and job satisfaction, studying the case of one of the largest companies in Greece and SE Europe: Greek Telecoms (OTE A.E.). The findings of this research link industrial relations with job satisfaction especially at a time defined by the economic crisis.

The purpose of this thesis is threefold: firstly, to serve as a contribution to the history of the Marseilles working class; secondly to illustrate the impact of the Popular Front at local level; and thirdly, to act as a case study of working-class mobilisation. In the first section of the thesis the Marseilles working class is briefly described. It was highly heterogeneous, being made up of various racially, occupationally, and spatially-defined communities. The divisions between these communities were to some extent neutralised by a strong sense of the local community of Marseilles. Marseilles' claim to special status within the nation was, however, increasingly coming under challenge. Prior to the Popular Front the most successful political organisations on the Left in Marseilles integrated themselves into the rich community life of the town by playing down ideological issues and by practising the politics of locally-based clientelism rather than those of class. The movement for the Popular Front encouraged a new mood of militancy within the Marseilles working class which both contributed to, and was itself encouraged by, the growth of Communist influence within the Popular Front alliance. At different moments the strikes of the period facilitated or prejudiced the unity of the working class and its integration into the nation. Initially (1934-1937), the strikes which were undertaken advanced the interests of workers against those of employers whilst increasing working-class unity and support for the Popular Front. At the same time the election of a Popular Front Government and its success in resolving strikes to the satisfaction of workers aided the integration of the working class into a new, enlarged, national political consensus. The fragility of this consensus was, however, later revealed (1938-1939), as the Government called for sacrifices in the workplace and the Communists called fcr the launching of an unpopular war against fascism.

Most writing about "Red Clydeside" has come from writers overtly sympathetic to revolutionary ideals - whether the Clydesiders themselves or later academic admirers. It is hoped that a wider use of outside sources will help to provide a more detached view.