6. HYPOTHESES:
There is no significant relationship between the quality of work life and organizational citizenship behavior.
6.1 Specific Hypotheses:
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There is no significant difference between Gender of the respondents and their perceived levels of overall quality of work life.
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There is no significant relationship between the overall QWL and OCB based on Altruism
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There is no significant relationship between the overall QWL and OCB based on Conscientiousness.
7. DISCUSSION OF THE FINDINGS:
7.1 Data Analysis
Analysis was conducted using the Statistical Package SPSS© The significant differences between men and women in the QWL factors, the mean values reported by women and by men were compared using t-test. The influence of the QWL factors on the Organisational Citizenship Behaviour were analysed using regression analysis between the level of QWL (dependent variable) and the OCB factors such as Job dedication and Altruism (independent variables).
TABLE 1 Quality of Work Life factors for Women and Men
|
AFC |
SHWE |
GS |
CON |
SI |
SR |
TLS |
DHC |
|
|
Women [mean(SD)] |
2.33 (-0.976) |
2.2 (-1.014) |
3.67 (-7.603) |
1.6 (-0.737) |
2.27 (-1.1) |
2.33 (-0.976) |
2.2 (-1.014) |
1.67 (-0.816) |
|
Men [mean(SD)] |
1.89 (-0.941) |
1.87 (-0.99) |
1.67 (-0.816) |
1.73 (-0.799) |
2.13 (-1.187) |
1.87 (-0.915) |
1.93 (-0.961) |
1.87 (-0.834) |
|
Total [mean(SD)] |
2.11 (-0.95) |
2.035 (-1.00) |
2.67 (-4.20) |
1.665 (-0.76) |
2.2 (-1.14) |
2.1 (-0.94) |
2.065 (-0.98) |
1.77 (-0.82) |
|
t-test [p value] |
-1.524 |
-0.911 |
1.013 |
0.475 |
-0.319 |
-1.351 |
-0.739 |
0.664 |
(Adequate and fair compensation –AFC, Safe and healthy work environment-SHEW, Growth and safety-GS, Constitutionalism-CON, Social Integration-SI, Social relevance-SR, Total life space –TLS, Development of Human capabilities- DHC.)
The Analysis based on the Table 1 shows that on an average the Women show better satisfaction level with regard to the Adequate and fair compensation, Safe and Healthy Environment, Growth and Safety, Social Integration, Social Relevance and Total Life Span. Men show better satisfaction level in constitutionalism and Development of Human Capabilities.
There was a significant difference in the effect of the QWL on the OCB between Men and Women. The women reported to show higher level of job dedication when compared to men.
