The present study has been designed to examine the degree of work centrality of two public sector and two private sector banks. For this purpose, two public sector banks and two private sector banks were selected and from each organization 25 subjects were selected randomly. A questionnaire developed by Sinha (1990) was used for ascertaining the level of work centrality. Data were analyzed employing one-way ANOVA. F ratio was found to be significant and it indicates that the means of four organizations taken in the present study were significantly different from one another. Work centrality of private 1, private 2, public 1, and public 2 were found to be 2.22, 2.16, 1.44, and 1.62 respectively.
Sinha(1990) stated that centrality of work can be sometimes interchangeably expressed as work commitment (Nevill & Super, 1984); work salience (Super & Nevill, 1986a); central life interest (Dubin, 1956); work motivation (Pareek, 1974); work values (Rao, 1974); or work involvement (Kanungo, 1981). But Sinha (1990) preferred to use the concept work centrality (Sinha 1990).
Misumi (1983), found that work centrality leads to strong commitment and productivity. Singh and Vinnicombe (2000) in their study examined the role of work-centrality. They stated that in any organization in which employees are work-centric, the environment is highly proactive, innovative and challenging.
Hackett, Lapierre and Hausdrof (2001) found that work centrality leads to organizational commitment. In another study Cohen and Vigoda (1998) said that work-centric environment leads to civic behavior. Thinking about job is an important aspect of developing innovative ideas. Gorgievski and Marjan (1999) found that work centrality leads to job related worry.
For growth of any organization, work-centric environment is an essential ingredient. It is like "soul" of corporate. In non-work centric environment employees do not believe in an effort outcome relationship. They tend to extract the maximum from the organization and bleed it white. Levy-Leboyer (1996) in a study found that organizations where environment is not work-centric are succumbed by low productivity, absenteeism, loss of equality and reduced working hours. |
