Hazardous job and decision to quit: An equity approach.
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Title
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Hazardous job and decision to quit: An equity approach.
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Identifier
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AAI8821080
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identifier
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8821080
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Creator
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Farid, Mamdouh Ismael.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Sidney Lirtzman
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Date
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1988
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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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Business Administration, Management | Psychology, Industrial
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Abstract
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The present dissertation addresses employee perceptions of hazardous working conditions and their psychological and behavioral responses. This would include employee decisions to enter and/or quit hazardous employment conditions.;Four conceptual differences are derived from the literature to distinguish between the terms "job hazard" and "hazardous job." Hazard is a multidimensional concept and three dimensions of this concept are identified. The literature shows that three dimensions influence the individual's assessment of hazard level.;The equity model is applied to draw six hypotheses about the tradeoff between hazard acceptance, hazard premium, fringe benefits, and quitting a hazardous job. In addition, two models are proposed: (1) a structural model that shows variables and casual relationships, and (2) an asymptotic model that shows the dynamics of the tradeoff between hazard acceptance and expected compensation.;The study is conducted in Egypt. The field experiment involves the random sampling of 251 blue collar workers from the chemical industry. Empirical analysis generally support the hypotheses in the following manner: (A) The rate of exchange between hazard acceptance and the expected reward is found to be different across different hazard levels. In highly hazardous situations, workers request higher hazardous premiums for each additional unit of hazard, than in less hazardous situations. (B) Workers do not quit hazardous jobs because of the hazard factor per se but rather because of: (1) actual or expected health or work problems, (2) experienced anxiety, and (3) experienced inequity regarding hazard compensation. This is in line with the proposed nature of hazardous jobs (in contrast to job hazard).;In addition, the study test models that have the potential to predict workers' reactions to hazardous conditions. The empirical analyses show the following: (A) Among equity models, Anderson and Farkas (1975) is shown to be a better predictor of workers quitting hazardous jobs than models by Adams (1965) and Walster et al (1973). (B) This study generally supports Viscussi's (1979) model for the probability of quitting hazardous jobs, but in addition indicates that the variable "equity regarding hazard premium" should be added to the model to enhance its predictability.
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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.
