ERIC Number: ED274752
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 62
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ISBN: ISBN-0-7969-0351-4
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The Attitude of a Number of Artisans and Technicians from Cape Town and Durham Towards the Upward Mobility of Blacks. HSRC Investigation into Manpower Issues: Manpower Studies No. 3.
Terblanche, S. S.; Lotz, J. W.
This report presents the results of a survey of the attitudes of a sample group of white artisans and technicians (N=1151) in Durban and Cape Town, South Africa, towards the vertical job mobility of black workers. White artisans in Durban and Cape Town have much more experience in working on a par with members of other population groups than the white workers of the Pretoria and Brits areas who were shown, in a previous study, to have had negative attitudes towards blacks. The research procedure consisted of (1) a survey of personnel heads by means of interviews and (2) a survey of artisans and technicians by means of questionnaires. The response rate for the two groups was 27.3% and 31% respectively. The findings suggest that the survey group, by and large, accepts that certain changes are going to take place in the labor environment. The whites, although with a measure of reluctance, regard these changes as inevitable and are willing to accept the logical consequences. They do, however, seem to draw the line at working under a black supervisor. The main finding is that the whites have a much more positive attitude towards black upward mobility than the whites of the earlier study. The report also contains some recommendations on how to deal with the problem of negative attitudes. These recommendations are based on the outcome of a seminar during which the results of the two studies were discussed by a group consisting mainly of labor relations practitioners. The survey instruments are appended. (KH)
Descriptors: Blacks, Foreign Countries, Racial Attitudes, Racial Bias, Racial Relations, Skilled Workers, Whites, Work Environment
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria (South Africa).
Identifiers - Location: South Africa
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