Abstract

ESCOBEDO PORTILLO, María Teresa; HERNANDEZ GOMEZ, Jesús Andrés  and  RICO PEREZ, Lázaro. Labor satisfaction predictors in the vehicles industry from Ciudad Juárez, México. Rev. Lasallista Investig. [online]. 2016, vol.13, n.2, pp.88-97. ISSN 1794-4449.  https://doi.org/10.22507/rli.v13n2a8.

Abstract Introduction. In the literature, the study about labor satisfaction (LS) has been approached from several focuses and it has been related to psychological, organizational and economic variables, among others, but its relation to ergonomical aspects has not yet been proved enough, especially in the manufacturing industries. Objective. This paper introduces a predictive LS model having as independent variable the ergo environmental factors (EEF) and, as mediating variable, the socio cultural factors (SCF), as the latter have been related to the LS in different intensity degrees. Materials and methods. A measuring instrument based on the theory is applied to the operational staff in eight maquiladora companies in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. A sample of 301 cases is obtained and the data are modeled with structural equations in order to demonstrate the research hypotheses. Results. The results obtained suggest that the EEF are positively and significantly related in the LS of the subjects studied (standardized coefficient = 0.349, p<.01) and with a partial mediation of the socio cultural factors (VAF=35.7 %). Conclusions. The model reasonably predicts the LS with a direct effect of the EEG, and with an indirect one of the SCF (R² = 40 %).

Keywords : labor satisfaction; ergo environmental factors; socio cultural factors; structural equations models.

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