The mining industry has been under enormous pressure in the past few years. particularly with
issues around production and costs. As far as human capital is concerned. the gold industry has
seen a high degree of shrinkage in personnel. In order to be able to cope with the continuous
challenges faced by the mining industry, mining organisations need leaders of the highest
standards.
Due to the challenge of increasing productivity levels, empowerment is required within the gold
mining industry. The correct application of empowerment may increase efficiency and
effectiveness inside an organisation. Having employees with the appropriate levels of
organisational commitment facilitates the change management process and ensures its successful
implementation. Organisations value commitment among their employees because it is typically
assumed to reduce withdrawal behaviours, such as lateness, absenteeism and turnover.
The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between leader empowering
behaviour, organisational commitment and turnover intention within the mining industry.
The research method consists of a literature review and an empirical study. A cross-sectional
survey design was used to collect the data. An availability sample (N = 388) was taken from
mining employees. The Leader Empowering Behaviour Questionnaire (LEBQ), Affective
Organisational Commitment Scale (AOC), Turnover Intention Scale (Tl) and a biographical
questionnaire were administered. The statistical analysis was carried out with the help of the
SPSS program as well as the AMOS program. / Contents: Leader empowering behaviour -- Organisational commitment -- Turnover intention -- Work performance -- Productivity / Thesis (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/5 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Maré, Zelna |
| Publisher | North-West University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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