ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS, ALIENATION, AND ATTITUDES TOWARD EMPLOYEE THEFT, ALCOHOL ABUSE, AND DRUG ABUSE: IS THERE A PATTERN?
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Title
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ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS, ALIENATION, AND ATTITUDES TOWARD EMPLOYEE THEFT, ALCOHOL ABUSE, AND DRUG ABUSE: IS THERE A PATTERN?
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Identifier
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AAI8203302
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identifier
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8203302
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Creator
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MARKOWITZ, MARTIN SAMUEL.
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Contributor
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Prof. Abraham Korman
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Date
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1981
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Industrial
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Abstract
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This research tests a proposed causal model relating organizational and job characteristics, alienation, and attitudes toward employee theft, alcohol abuse, and drug abuse. A sample of 292 employees from 12 organizations in the New York - New Jersey area completed a questionnaire which measured the structural components of centralization and formalization, the alienation dimensions of self-estrangement and powerlessness, and attitudes toward employee theft, alcohol abuse and drug abuse. An alcoholic screening instrument (the CAGE) was also included in the questionnaire.;Path analysis findings indicate that job characteristics are negatively related to feelings of self-estrangement and self-estrangement is positively related to all measured attitudes including the CAGE. Marital status and sex of the respondent are also related to the CAGE while age of the respondent is related to attitudes toward employee theft. Correlational support for the relationships between centralization and powerlessness, job characteristics and powerlessness, as well as between powerlessness and attitude toward employee theft are also presented. The need for increased emphasis on job enrichment is suggested.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Business
