Employees in Pharmaceutical industry are coming late to work and knocking off early. These actions by the employees are likely to incur economic costs on the employer, occasioned by low employee productivity. The Medicines Control... more
Employees in Pharmaceutical industry are coming late to work and knocking off early. These actions by the employees are likely to incur economic costs on the employer, occasioned by low employee productivity. The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has expressed concern over the general low staff morale in the pharmaceutical sector. While most studies have concentrated on internal job related factors as drivers of employee engagement, this study seeks to assess employee engagement as being influenced by black tax, an external factor unrelated to the employee’s job environment. The main aim of the research was to establish the influence of black tax on employee engagement, particularly focussing on pharmaceutical manufacturing and retailing industry in Bulawayo. Specific objectives were: to identify the causes of the existence of black tax, to determine differential dimensions of black tax, to establish the degree of the relationship between black tax and employee engageme...
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Employees in the Pharmaceutical industry are coming late to work and knocking off early. These actions unveiled by the employees are likely to incur economic costs on the employer, occasioned by low employee productivity. Owners of... more
Employees in the Pharmaceutical industry are coming late to work and knocking off early. These actions unveiled by the employees are likely to incur economic costs on the employer, occasioned by low employee productivity. Owners of production have expressed concern over the general low staff morale in the pharmaceutical sector. While most studies have concentrated on internal job-related factors as drivers of employee engagement, this study seeks to assess employee engagement as being influenced by black tax, an external factor. The main aim of the research was to establish the influence of black tax on employee engagement, being mediated by idiocentrism-allocentrism, particularly focussing on the pharmaceutical manufacturing and retailing industry in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The study employed the philosophical approach of pragmatism to guide the whole research. The researcher adopted a multi-stage sampling technique supported by the census technique to pick participants from the popula...
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Employees in Pharmaceutical industry are coming late to work and knocking off early. These actions by the employees are likely to incur economic costs on the employer, occasioned by low employee productivity. The Medicines Control... more
Employees in Pharmaceutical industry are coming late to work and knocking off early. These actions by the employees are likely to incur economic costs on the employer, occasioned by low employee productivity. The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has expressed concern over the general low staff morale in the pharmaceutical sector. While most studies have concentrated on internal job related factors as drivers of employee engagement, this study seeks to assess employee engagement as being influenced by black tax, an external factor unrelated to the employee’s job environment. The main aim of the research was to establish the influence of black tax on employee engagement, particularly focussing on pharmaceutical manufacturing and retailing industry in Bulawayo. Specific objectives were: to identify the causes of the existence of black tax, to determine differential dimensions of black tax, to establish the degree of the relationship between black tax and employee engageme...