Attitudes and incentives to work; a comparison of four groups of girl workers

Abstract

This thesis deals with Industrial psychology, insofar as it is concerned with "the individual in his work environment", and aims to find out: (a) Why the girls interviewed felt the need to seek employment and what they hoped to achieve by working; (b) Why the girls chose one particular occupation in one particular place of employment; (c) The girls' attitudes towards their fellow workers, supervisors, their working conditions and environment, and the actual work performed; (d) What factors operated to induce the girls to stay in, or change, their places of employment. In short the aim of this survey is to study attitudes and incentives to work. Four groups of girl workers were studied. These were: I. A Teachers' Training College Group II. A Nursing Group III. A Cardboard Box Factory Group IV. A Clothing Factory Group The numbers of girls in each group were 23, 20, 20, and 30 respectively.