Revija za sociologiju, Vol. 6 No. 2-3, 1976.
Pregledni rad
Alienation and Strike
Vladimir Arzenšek
; Fakulteta za sociologijo, politične vede in novinarstvo Ljubljana, Titova 102
Sažetak
The article brings out the results of an empiric research, carried out by the author in 1974, in 14 Slovenian industrial enterprises. The author analyses the results based on a sample obtained from 200 workers; 97 of them have never been on strike and 108 have taken part in a strike tor two or more times. The author has taken interest in sociological and socio-psychological differences between the two groups.
Of all the dimensions of socio-economic status, observed as independent variables, only the job represents an important factor for the participation in a strike. Participation of unskilled workers in a strike is the greatest and participation of half skilled workers the least. Men, members of other Yugoslav peoples and workers living in town go on strike more often. Present or former membership in self-managing bodies, as well as membership in sociopolitical organizations, have no influence upon the participation in a strike. The workers often on strike have less influence upon the immediate manager, upon the members of self-managing bodies, upon the political officials and managing people. The analysis of communications has shown that the workers on strike have less communication with their immediate superiors and other managing persons, but at the same time they are not less informed about what takes place in the enterprise than the workers that have taken no part in a strike. In the analysis of alienation have been shown that two forms of alienation are distinctly connected with the participation in a strike: workers culturally alienated as well an alienated from work, more often take part in a strike. Correlated analysis has shown that the dimensions of socio-economic status have no influence upon the degree of work alienation. The surprising data is explicit in the fact that the most alienated from work are those workers who have been members of the self-managing bodies for two or more times, for the last ten years. The analysis of the value system has shown that those on strike have a rather positive attitude towards strike as such. To a greater extent, they ask from trade unions to perform their representative functions; they are less authoritarian orientated; they are less conservative as well as they demonstrate greater degree of egalitarianism. It have also been found out that those taking part in a strike less identify themselves with the enterprise, have less confidence in the self-managing bodies, experience injustice more often, are less satisfied with renuneration according to work performed as well as with their personal income, and for the great part, they structurally interpret their life frustrations.
The author concludes that the research imposes need for the more representative research about the workers that take part in a strike and about the extent of alienation in Yugoslavia. Only such future empiric researches could deeply throw light upon the importance of two explanatory concepts for the interpretation of strikes in Yugoslavia: (1) problem of institutional organization of workers and (2) problem of alienation. That is, the results obtained at the mentioned research have not enabled the author to decide on an interpretative concept without any problems, although alienation at work inevitably represents an essential dominant in the participation in a strike.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
156159
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Datum izdavanja:
30.9.1976.
Posjeta: 1.180 *