Affirmative action success as measured by job satisfaction

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Cilliers, Frans

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2000

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Affirmative action represents a major goal fo r South African organisations since the initiation o f the process o f democratisation in 1994. Evaluating the success of affirmative action programmes is therefore considered a priority. The research objective was to investigate the association between affirmative action effectiveness and thejob satisfaction of affirmative action beneficiaries. A structured interview, gauging the congruency o f organisations' affirmative action efforts with affirmative action effectiveness theory, and a jo b satisfaction questionnaire, measuring the job satisfaction experienced by affirmative action beneficiaries, were utilised. A sample o f 121 affirmative action beneficiaries employed by five organisations was used. An absolute, positive correlation wasfound between the level o f effectiveness o f the affirmative action strategies o f the different target organisations and the average level o f jo b satisfaction o f the affirmative action beneficiaries in each target organisation.

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Cilliers, F. (2000). Affirmative action success as measured by job satisfaction. South African Journal of Labour Relations, Autumn, 55-71.

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0379-8410

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