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There is much general discussion today of 'globalisation'. The overall aim of the research is to examine in a rapidly industrialising region of Turkey how management practice is being westernised in the private manufacturing sector - as judged by the introduction of particular modern capitalist management strategies and techniques - and to examine employees' responses to such changes in the context of a particular historically forged social structure. Within this overall aim, specific objectives of the research were: to explore the sources of managers' ideas about contemporary management practices and their evaluation of these in the light of their particular economic and social circumstances; to document policies on recruitment and retention of labour, forms of labour and sub-contracting, production organisation and new technology, HRM and work relations, trade unionism and collective bargaining. Managers' and workers' responses to the above matters were investigated using interviews, surveys and observational study, with particular account taken of the significance of key sociological variables, including internal migration, ethnicity, gender, family life and social networks. Users should note that the dataset held at UK Data Archive only contains quantitative survey and coded interview data.
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Managers' survey: Data includes the results of a survey of 353 managers in Turkish manufacturing, in seven plants in the white goods, car and textile industries, concentrated in the Izmit triangle. Information included relates to demographic characteristics, career history, knowledge of management methods and assessment of 'climate' in plant. Workers' interviews: Data includes coded results of interviews with 356 workers in Turkish manufacturing, in the same location and sectors. Information includes age, sex, social origin, birthplace, migration history, education, job, career history, family and living arrangements, management training, knowledge of management methods, experience of changes in job satisfaction, stress etc. in the last five years, evaluation of trade union and managers, prayer, identity and views on 'climate' in plant.
Around 50 managers (down to the level of foreman) and 50 workers (with at least one year's service) were surveyed per firm, in both production and non-production departments.
Face-to-face interview
Self-completion
Face-to-face interviews were conducted with workers, and managers were given a self-completion questionnaire.
