The moderating effect of “gender similarity between manager-subordinate” on the relationship between organisational justice and job satisfaction among knowledge workers

K-workers embodying high value tacit knowledge are the linchpin of the k-economy. Their satisfaction with the job is the key to keeping them produce for the organisation. Their perception of how justly they are treated i.e. organisational justice is ever more important in managing the k-workers an...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Zainal, Siti Rohaida, Abdullah, Hazman Shah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/11424/1/609-614-CR86.pdf
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description K-workers embodying high value tacit knowledge are the linchpin of the k-economy. Their satisfaction with the job is the key to keeping them produce for the organisation. Their perception of how justly they are treated i.e. organisational justice is ever more important in managing the k-workers and in keeping them satisfied. Additionally,the evolving k-workforce will become increasingly feminised. How will this effect the justice and job satisfaction equation? This study explored these two questions using a mailed survey which netted a sample of 401 k-workers with MSC statused companies.The study found that procedural justice is a key factor in job satisfaction of the k-workers. However, gender similarity i.e. female-female or male-male supervisor-superviser pairs moderates the relationship between justice variables and job satisfaction (JS).The moderation effect of gender similarity is, however, complex.Although the gender factor accounts for only a small amount of variance in JS, it adds to the manager’s toolkit in dealing with k-workers including the women k-workers.
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spelling uum-114242014-08-20T03:51:03Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/11424/ The moderating effect of “gender similarity between manager-subordinate” on the relationship between organisational justice and job satisfaction among knowledge workers Mohamed Zainal, Siti Rohaida Abdullah, Hazman Shah HD28 Management. Industrial Management K-workers embodying high value tacit knowledge are the linchpin of the k-economy. Their satisfaction with the job is the key to keeping them produce for the organisation. Their perception of how justly they are treated i.e. organisational justice is ever more important in managing the k-workers and in keeping them satisfied. Additionally,the evolving k-workforce will become increasingly feminised. How will this effect the justice and job satisfaction equation? This study explored these two questions using a mailed survey which netted a sample of 401 k-workers with MSC statused companies.The study found that procedural justice is a key factor in job satisfaction of the k-workers. However, gender similarity i.e. female-female or male-male supervisor-superviser pairs moderates the relationship between justice variables and job satisfaction (JS).The moderation effect of gender similarity is, however, complex.Although the gender factor accounts for only a small amount of variance in JS, it adds to the manager’s toolkit in dealing with k-workers including the women k-workers. 2008-06-10 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/11424/1/609-614-CR86.pdf Mohamed Zainal, Siti Rohaida and Abdullah, Hazman Shah (2008) The moderating effect of “gender similarity between manager-subordinate” on the relationship between organisational justice and job satisfaction among knowledge workers. In: Knowledge Management International Conference 2008 (KMICe2008), 10-12 June 2008, Langkawi, Malaysia. http://www.kmice.cms.net.my/
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title_short The moderating effect of “gender similarity between manager-subordinate” on the relationship between organisational justice and job satisfaction among knowledge workers
title_sort moderating effect of gender similarity between manager subordinate on the relationship between organisational justice and job satisfaction among knowledge workers
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