Influence of Foreign Workers Engagement Barriers on Management Attitude and Behavior within a Warehouse Organization in Canada

Sunkanmi Peter Ayenimo; Dipak Chauhan

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Sunkanmi Peter Ayenimo
Dipak Chauhan

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This research that was completed in partial fulfillment of a master's degree at Loughborough University examined the Influence of foreign workers' engagement barriers on Management attitude and behavior within a warehouse Organization located across three sites in Canada. Quantitative data were collected from the three operating sites of an anonymous warehouse Company.350 responses were received out of 515 questionnaires distributed. This project found a positive regression coefficient more than 40% between the variables of management commitment and the variables of the workers' engagement barriers at a 95% confidence level and a P-value less than 5%. Evidence from the open-ended questions suggested language barriers, cultural differences, discriminations, and lack of social interactions amongst the inter-racial workers were the barriers for workers' engagement in the organization.

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Influence of Foreign Workers Engagement Barriers on Management Attitude and Behavior within a Warehouse Organization in Canada. (2020). Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 20(A1), 11-26. https://journalofbusiness.org/index.php/GJMBR/article/view/2992

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