A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Degree of Master of Research Psychology at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2004. / This study investigated the attitudes of the medical laboratory employees (MLE's) towards their work environment. The study determined from the employees whether variables of gender, age, qualifications and years of experience had influence on the attitudes of the MLE's towards their work environment.
The sample was drawn from the State Pathology Laboratory in Umtata, Eastern Cape (under the O.R.Tambo District Council). It consisted of males and females with ages ranging from 20 to 64 years, qualifications ranging from standard 10 to B.Tech. Biomedical Technology and above, years of experience ranging from 1 year to 30 years.
A structured questionnaire constructed according to a five-point scale, the Likert scale, was used to collect data from the subjects. The statistical technique used to test the hypotheses was the Cm-square. The results showed that the majority of MLE's held negative attitudes towards their work environment. The two sections of response categories reflected a weak relationship between the variables ofj gender, age, level of qualification and experience in the attitudes of the MLE's towards their work environment.
Although not overwhelmingly demonstrated, there was a presumptive evidence that the work environment had an impact on the attitudes of the MLE's. There was an urgent need for improvement of certain service conditions in the medical laboratory to change the attitudes of the MLE's. Lack of fulfillment and inspiration could make the MLE's lose interest and abandon the profession as was confirmed by the informal interviews.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uzulu/oai:uzspace.unizulu.ac.za:10530/1179 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | Kolosa, Irene, Nokulunga |
| Contributors | Sibaya, P.T., Edwards, S.D |
| Publisher | University of Zululand |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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