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In article <Pine.3.89.9405230746.B5307-0100000@mercury.interpath.net> John L Ell
 is -- Catawaba Valley CC <ellisj@mercury.interpath.net> writes:
   After 350 surveys from three companies, the pattern is
   consistent:  workers rate Point #8 (DRIVE OUT FEAR) the lowest.

   Why then do workers rate DRIVE OUT FEAR so low in organizations?

   Why are managers so insensitive to this need for workers?

   Since many of these managers were promoted from the ranks, how
   could they have forgotten their earlier experiences?

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My guess would be that it is beneficial to the company to have workers
be afraid.  I think that low-skill manufacturing companies are under
immense price competition right now, and any technique which makes
workers work harder and keeps down wage demands is going to be
important for the survival of the company.

Or it just might be that being a low-skill manufacturing worker these
days intrinsically induces fear, and the company doesn't have much to
do with it.  That sort of manufacturer is having a hard time these
days, and it must be fear-inducing to realize that not only the
factory might be gone next year, but the company might be gone also.

Dale

Dale Worley             Dept. of Math., MIT             drw@math.mit.edu
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