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Abstract
Purpose
The objective of the study is to critically analyze the main issues on the scrutiny of personal belongings and the effect of it on the employee morale and to understand the due impact so as to find out a simplified work atmosphere in order to increase taskforce retention.
Design/methodology/approach
The study was conducted with 260 employees working in the Oil fields of Sohar industrial port, Oman. The employees were selected on a simple random sampling basis and were contacted through a well-defined questionnaire which was made available online for this purpose. The sample included both the managers and the workers from the task force.
Findings
Our empirical results reveal that the employees understand the logic behind the measures, are not reluctant and hence no negative impact on the employee’s morale. However, the study demonstrates that there is a strong association between the privacy of the employees, their trust, tolerance and the morale of the employees. The main factors which might impede the security procedures are the trust and the privacy.
Practical Implications
The study reveals that the security practices may violate the individual privacy and leads to ethical conflict and thus the employees may become untrusted and tend to leave the organization due to daily physical inspection which is not a very good sign.
Social Implications
There is a need to educate all the employees on the logic behind such inspection measures and seek the opinion on the ways to improve such measures. A national campaign can be initiated.
Originality/value
Very few studies have examined the effect of security procedures on the employee morale in the oil fields of Oman and it is a first-hand study of its kind.
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Bussing A, (2002), Trust and its relations to commitment and involvement in work and organizations, Journal of Industrial Psychology, Vol.28, Issue.4, pp.36-42. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v28i4.77
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Gilmer, B V H, (1961), Industrial Psychology, New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co.
Goldstein, H K, (1964) Research standards and methods for social science worker, Whitehall company: Northbrook.
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ISECOM, (2016), Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM), retrieved on 14.1.2016, available at the website http://www.isecom.org/research/osstmm.html
Johnsrud, L K, (1996), Maintaining morale: A guide to assessing the morale of midlevel administrators and faculty, College & University Professional Association, Washington, DC, ISBN-10-1878240471.
Lee, S and Kleiner, B H (2003), Electronic surveillance in the workplace, Management Research News, 26(4), pp.72–81. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/01409170310784014
Linz, S J, Good, L K and Huddleston, P, (2006), Worker morale in Russia: an exploratory study, Journal of managerial psychology Vol.21, Issue.5, pp.415-437 (cross reference). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/02683940610673951
Mello, J A (2003), The evolving nature of the employment relationship: Reconsidering employee responsibilities and rights, Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 15, pp. 99–101 (cross reference). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024751023954
National Workplace Institute (2004). Report privacy under siege: Electronic monitoring in the workplace, (cross reference).
Penwell Corporation, (2015), A safe place to work, Sustainable ways to reduce exposure in high-risk jobs, Offshore, ISSN-00300608, May 2015, Vol. 75 Issue 5, p. 23-25, 3p, Database: Applied Science & Technology Source
Popoola, G R, (2007), Commitment and the Control on Organizational Behaviour, St Clair Press, Chicado 20(cross reference) as cited in OSA,
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