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Empty Labour and A Multidimensional Analysis of Commitment - A Case Study of Two Different Organisations

Mollestam, Emil LU and Lydrup Olsson, Arvid LU (2018) BUSN49 20181
Department of Business Administration
Abstract
The aim of this master’s thesis is to explore the interplay of commitment and empty labour in two widely different organisations. Empty labour can be described as when you are doing anything else than your official working tasks. Commitment on the other hand is how and in what way you feel obligated to the organisation, your boss, your colleagues’ etcetera. Depending on several factors such as colleagues, the organisation in itself, compensation packages and of course psychological predispositions amongst others, we argue that organisational members will relate to their work, workplace or peers in differing ways. In general terms, the higher the commitment that is expressed, the higher the obligation to actually do your job, or other tasks... (More)
The aim of this master’s thesis is to explore the interplay of commitment and empty labour in two widely different organisations. Empty labour can be described as when you are doing anything else than your official working tasks. Commitment on the other hand is how and in what way you feel obligated to the organisation, your boss, your colleagues’ etcetera. Depending on several factors such as colleagues, the organisation in itself, compensation packages and of course psychological predispositions amongst others, we argue that organisational members will relate to their work, workplace or peers in differing ways. In general terms, the higher the commitment that is expressed, the higher the obligation to actually do your job, or other tasks that are beneficial for the organisation or the context. By conducting qualitative interviews in addition to workplace observations, we have found empirical support for our idea that the types of commitment that are present in organisations, influence the type of empty labour that employees choose to engage in. From this, the type of empty labour that certain employees’ conduct is a product of a multi-facetted construct where feelings towards the employer and/or colleagues, compensation, interest in the job, ethics and such play a vital role. Following this, we have found the need to combine the theory behind different types of commitment with the theory describing empty labour, as a way of bridging the gap that we identified exists between the two fields which are arguably important for one another. (Less)
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author
Mollestam, Emil LU and Lydrup Olsson, Arvid LU
supervisor
organization
course
BUSN49 20181
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Empty labor, empty labour, commitment, multidimensional, career, job involvement, enduring, coping, subjectivity, contextual
language
English
id
8949640
date added to LUP
2018-08-27 09:02:33
date last changed
2018-08-27 09:02:33
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this master’s thesis is to explore the interplay of commitment and empty labour in two widely different organisations. Empty labour can be described as when you are doing anything else than your official working tasks. Commitment on the other hand is how and in what way you feel obligated to the organisation, your boss, your colleagues’ etcetera. Depending on several factors such as colleagues, the organisation in itself, compensation packages and of course psychological predispositions amongst others, we argue that organisational members will relate to their work, workplace or peers in differing ways. In general terms, the higher the commitment that is expressed, the higher the obligation to actually do your job, or other tasks that are beneficial for the organisation or the context. By conducting qualitative interviews in addition to workplace observations, we have found empirical support for our idea that the types of commitment that are present in organisations, influence the type of empty labour that employees choose to engage in. From this, the type of empty labour that certain employees’ conduct is a product of a multi-facetted construct where feelings towards the employer and/or colleagues, compensation, interest in the job, ethics and such play a vital role. Following this, we have found the need to combine the theory behind different types of commitment with the theory describing empty labour, as a way of bridging the gap that we identified exists between the two fields which are arguably important for one another.}},
  author       = {{Mollestam, Emil and Lydrup Olsson, Arvid}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Empty Labour and A Multidimensional Analysis of Commitment - A Case Study of Two Different Organisations}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}