A research report submitted to the Faculty of Arts, University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree ot Master of Arts in Industrial Social
Work by course work, 1998 / This study explored the effects of perceived trade union social support on the
work stress of blue collar workers. It was hypothesised that blue collar
workers who obtain social support from their trade union would experience
the least stress.
This study is a comparative qualitative study. The sample involved 60 blue
collar workers in a Telkom workshop. The role orientation questionnaire
was used to test their stress levels and thereafter the trade union social
support scale was used to test their levels of perceived trade union social
support
study revealed that blue collar workers are indeed exposed to stress,
however, those that perceived the trade union as giving them social support,
experienced the least stress.
On the basis of the findings it is recommended that occupational social
workers intervene on micro, meso and macro levels in order to help in
alleviating the stress levels of blue collar workers. / AC2017
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/22466 |
| Date | January 1998 |
| Creators | Chikane, Shulamite B. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | Online resource (65 leaves), application/pdf |
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