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Quality Training Needs of Smaller Industries: An Opportunity for Technology Educators.
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Brauchle, Paul E.; Campbell, Hank – Journal of Epsilon Pi Tau, 1991
A survey of 1,224 small Illinois manufacturers received 220 responses uncovering the following issues: (1) workers and management were the chief causes of quality problems; (2) better training and management commitment would improve quality; (3) most used inhouse training but were only somewhat satisfied with it; and (4) most used only the…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Management Development, Manufacturing Industry, Quality Control
A Study of Supervisor and Employee Perceptions of Work Attitudes in Information Age Manufacturing Industries
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Azam, Md. Shafiqul; Brauchle, Paul E. – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 2003
The self-perceived work ethic of industrial employees in information jobs (N=304) and non-information jobs (N=277), and employees' work ethic as assessed by their supervisors, were examined using the Occupational Work Ethic Inventory (OWEI). A Principle Components Analysis yielded four factors (Teamwork, Dependability, Ambition and Self-Control)…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Supervisors, Manufacturing Industry, Work Attitudes
Factorial Invariance of the Occupational Work Ethic Inventory (OWEI)
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Brauchle, Paul E.; Azam, Md. Shafiqul – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 2004
This study compared factor structures of the Occupational Work Ethic Inventory (OWEI) for self-perceived work attitudes of manufacturing employees and their supervisors' ratings of those same employees. The purpose of the study was to evaluate construct validity through comparative factor analysis. Four factors were generated through principal…
Descriptors: Work Attitudes, Employees, Work Ethic, Factor Analysis