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Abstract

A two-phase survey, involving school-leavers and factory workers, was carried out in an attempt to explain differential recruitment and turnover among young female clothing industry employees in four geographical areas in Britain. Hypothetical models in which the individual's Reference Groups played a major role in determining his/her aspirations and consequent attitude toward the clothing industry were tested against the data. Although it is broadly true to say that Reference Groups and Aspirations were found to be important explanatory concepts, the results proved to be more complex than anticipated.

The pattern of the determinants of recruitment and turnover was found to be quite different in each area. Macro-variables, such as the degree to which the area seemed to be an integrated community, and the availability of alternative employment, were seen to lead to these fundamental differences. For each of the four areas, a causal model has been produced attempting to explain the level of recruitment of young school-leavers to the clothing industry. For three of the four areas causal models explaining labour turnover among young female clothing workers have also been produced.

Publication Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Departments:	Doctoral Theses Doctoral Theses > School of Arts and Social Sciences Doctoral Theses

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