J 2021

DEVELOPMENT AND STANDARDIZATION OF A TOOL TO MEASURE KNOWLEDGE OF LABOUR LAWS AMONG EMPLOYEES

SULPHEY, MM, AA ALANZI and Martin KLEPEK

Basic information

Original name

DEVELOPMENT AND STANDARDIZATION OF A TOOL TO MEASURE KNOWLEDGE OF LABOUR LAWS AMONG EMPLOYEES

Authors

SULPHEY, MM, AA ALANZI and Martin KLEPEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

E & M EKONOMIE A MANAGEMENT, LIBEREC 1, TECHNICAL UNIV LIBEREC, 2021, 1212-3609

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50204 Business and management

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/47813059:19520/21:A0000273

Organization unit

School of Business Administration in Karvina

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2021-4-006

UT WoS

000733816600006

Keywords in English

Labour laws; employer-employee relations; Saudi Arabia; scale development; organizational justice

Tags

impakt

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 28/2/2022 18:23, doc. Ing. Martin Klepek, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

Labour legislations provide guidelines to prevent unfair labour practices and organizational injustice. All employment and labour laws propose standards regarding wages, wellbeing, safety, and equitable treatment, which reduces conflicts. However, informational imbalances between employers and employees prevent employees from having adequate knowledge about labour legislation. Consequently, some employers treat employees inconsistently and that could be detrimental to them. A practical solution to this problem is making employees aware of the provisions of labour laws. As an initial step towards this, there is a definite need to assess employees' awareness regarding labour laws. Nevertheless, there is a lack of a standardized tool to measure the knowledge level of labour legislation, which has impaired empirical examinations. Using randomly collected 346 samples from two different types of industries, the present study constructed and validated a tool to measure labour law knowledge. The study has followed a simple scale development framework consisting of item generation, scale development, and psychometric evaluation. The measurement tool has been developed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The final questionnaire consists of 17 items under four factors, exhibited significant reliability and validity. The developed tool is expected to fill the gap in the literature and stimulate further empirical research. The study also examined the difference in the knowledge level based on the demographics of the sample. The results show a significant difference between the knowledge levels based on gender, citizenship, type of industry, and qualifications. Future research directions are proposed at the end of the paper, together with the limitations of this study.
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