TY - GEN
T1 - WORKPLACE INCLUSION FACTORS IN THE EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OPERATIONS
AU - Sekhula, Hlaume Michael
AU - Heymann, Reolyn
AU - Marnewick, Annlize
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Workplace inclusion is a global challenge faced by many industries across the world. The employment equity legislature driven by the government aims to drive demographic transformation and promote equality in South African organizations. Therefore, it is becoming increasingly difficult for those that do not comply with the equity legislature to participate in the business market. Due to a lack of organizational commitment and support to women and minority professionals in operations, these professionals fail in their roles and gradually drop out as part of the workforce. To encourage organizations to transform and provide supportive inclusive conditions, this study aims to identify factors of inclusion that affect the performance of the employees and that of their organization in the Southern African earthmoving equipment maintenance and repair industry. The article uses a Likert scale questionnaire with structured interviews with service managers, machine operators, general mechanics, service engineers, and service administrators from three earthmoving equipment sectors in South Africa. The results of the study show that factors of inclusion classified as physical and psychological factors do influence the performance of the employees and that of their organization in earthmoving equipment maintenance and repair.
AB - Workplace inclusion is a global challenge faced by many industries across the world. The employment equity legislature driven by the government aims to drive demographic transformation and promote equality in South African organizations. Therefore, it is becoming increasingly difficult for those that do not comply with the equity legislature to participate in the business market. Due to a lack of organizational commitment and support to women and minority professionals in operations, these professionals fail in their roles and gradually drop out as part of the workforce. To encourage organizations to transform and provide supportive inclusive conditions, this study aims to identify factors of inclusion that affect the performance of the employees and that of their organization in the Southern African earthmoving equipment maintenance and repair industry. The article uses a Likert scale questionnaire with structured interviews with service managers, machine operators, general mechanics, service engineers, and service administrators from three earthmoving equipment sectors in South Africa. The results of the study show that factors of inclusion classified as physical and psychological factors do influence the performance of the employees and that of their organization in earthmoving equipment maintenance and repair.
KW - Diversity
KW - Earthmoving equipment industry
KW - Workplace inclusion
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85124038147&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.52202/060557-0086
DO - 10.52202/060557-0086
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85124038147
T3 - Proceedings of the 30th International Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2021 - MOT for the World of the Future
SP - 1124
EP - 1138
BT - Proceedings of the 30th International Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2021 - MOT for the World of the Future
PB - University of Pretoria
T2 - 30th International Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology: MOT for the World of the Future, IAMOT 2021
Y2 - 19 September 2021 through 23 September 2021
ER -
