The mining industry is one of the largest employers in South Africa in an attempt to thrive in a
continuously changing environment and in line with the modem organisation's focus on the
various dimensions of employee well-being, mining organisations need the services of engaged
workers.
The objective of this research was to establish the relationship between work engagement and
demographic characteristics, job characteristics and work-home interaction of employees
working in the mining industry. A random sample of 320 employees was taken from various
mining companies in the Gauteng and North West Provinces. The job characteristics, UWES and
SWING questionnaires were used as measuring instruments. Cronbach alpha coefficients,
Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients, exploratory factor analysis, structural equation
modelling and logistic regression analysis were used to analyse the data
Exploratory factor analysis with target rotations confirmed the construct validity of the
measuring instruments. Chi-square and t-tests indicated positive relationships between work
engagement and race, autonomy, social support, instrumental support, task characteristics,
positive work-home interference and positive home-work interference. Logistic regression
analyses revealed that race, autonomy, task characteristics and positive home-work interference
were significant predictors of work engagement.
Recommendations were made for further research. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/1404 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Rathbone, Albert Dirk |
| Publisher | North-West University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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