QUALITY CIRCLES AND EMPLOYEE ATTITUDES
研究调查了电子制造企业员工参与质量圈活动与他们对工作影响力、工作特征及整体工作满意度之间的关系，发现参与质量圈与感知影响力及部分工作特征显著相关，但对工作满意度无显著影响。
Quality circles have repeatedly been suggested as a technique for enhancing employees' involvement in and satisfaction with their work. This study explored the relationship between employees' participation in quality circle (QC) activities and their reactions to their jobs. Specifically, the relationship of participation in QC activities and employees' perceptions of the influence they have on their jobs, the characteristics of their jobs, and their overall job satisfaction were examined. Four hundred and fifty‐five (455) QC members and 305 non‐QC members, all employees of a large electronics manufacturer, were surveyed. The effect of QC membership as well as tenure in quality circles on the above variables is reported. Involvement in a quality circle was found to have a significant relationship to employees' perception of influence, as well as to some job characteristics. No significant effect of QC membership on job satisfaction was found. The results are discussed in the context of the need for further validation of many arguments heard about quality circles.