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The Reality and the Effect on Organizational Commitment of Myanmar Workers' Consciousness :A Case of Blue Collar Worker in Manufacturing Industry

미얀마 노동자 의식의 실태와 조직몰입에 대한 영향 :제조업 생산직노동자의 경우

  • Yun, Yeong-Sam (Division of Business Administration, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Kyaw, HtetMyet Sandy (Department of Business Administration, Pukyong National University)
  • Received : 2019.08.30
  • Accepted : 2019.09.24
  • Published : 2019.09.30
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Abstract

This paper analyzes the reality of Myanmar workers' consciousness and reports the results of exploratory empirical studies that examined the influence of workers' consciousness on organizational commitment. To accomplish the purpose of the study, we performed conceptual and empirical research and mainly focused on empirical research through questionnaires on 262 workers in the manufacturing industry in Myanmar. Results of this empirical study are summarized as follow. First, the consciousness of the labor union of Myanmar labors such as 'Necessity of Union', 'Necessity of Strong Union', 'Militant Ideology' and 'Democracy' was high. The wage fair consciousness, which is a core consciousness related to the working conditions, is high, and class consciousness and collectivism, which are corporate and social consciousness, are also high but the 'growth ideology' and 'competitiveness ideology' are low. Second, the younger generation, less than high school graduates, and Yangon's workers have highly consciousness increasing the instability of industrial relations. Third, consciousness factors which have significant influence on organizational commitment were labor-management cooperation consciousness (+), democracy (-), competitiveness ideology (+), class consciousness (-) and authoritarianism (+). Lastly, implications and limitations of this empirical study, and suggestions for future research are suggested.

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