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The relationship between perceived religious discrimination and work-related attitudes, with specific reference to the Rastafari religion

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dc.contributor.author Mpholo, Thulo Stanley
dc.contributor.other Welkom: Central University of Technology, Free State
dc.date.accessioned 2017-06-08T10:21:05Z
dc.date.available 2017-06-08T10:21:05Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11462/1167
dc.description Thesis en_US
dc.description.abstract Although perceived religious discrimination has been studied extensively in past years, much information remains unknown about this topic in the context of the workplace. The aim of this research was to confirm previous research findings and to extend the current limited body of knowledge with regard to perceived religious discrimination and the Rastafari religion, by determining whether a relationship exists between perceived religious discrimination and positive work-related attitudes such as job satisfaction, organisational commitment, and work engagement for a Rastafari sample. A cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 80 employees that belong to the Rastafari religion, chosen from organisations in two provinces. Perceived discrimination and three work-related attitudes were measured. The data was analysed by means of a t-test, a one-way multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients, and a multiple regression analysis. The major finding of this research was a positive relationship between perceived religious discrimination and the work-related attitudes measured, namely job satisfaction, organisational commitment, and work engagement. Only one of the dependent variables measured, namely identification with and commitment to religion, showed a statistically significant association with the sociodemographic variables (the independent variables), in this case gender. The findings of the study enable a deeper understanding of the relationship between perceived religious discrimination and positive work-related attitudes, particularly with reference to the Rastafari religion. This research confirmed the importance of studying religion in the context of the workplace. en_US
dc.format.mimetype Application/PDF
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Welkom: Central University of Technology, Free State
dc.subject Rastafari movement en_US
dc.subject Religion in the workplace en_US
dc.subject Discrimination - Religious aspects en_US
dc.subject Work - Religious aspects en_US
dc.subject Work environment en_US
dc.subject perceived religious discrimination en_US
dc.subject work-related attitudes en_US
dc.subject job satisfaction en_US
dc.subject organisational commitment en_US
dc.subject work engagement en_US
dc.subject Rastafari en_US
dc.title The relationship between perceived religious discrimination and work-related attitudes, with specific reference to the Rastafari religion en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
dc.rights.holder Central University of Technology, Free State


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