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Biographical Characteristics of Process TechniciansEganTable 2: WPA Scores and Tenure of 492 Process TechniciansNumber Median Mean Std Dev.Perf Score 492 62 61 11.5Tenure 492 3.2 5.4 4.60Source: Boyne Smelters Ltd.When the mean tenure of 5.4 years and the WPA score of 65 was applied, the final populationof interest for the research was determined at 101 employees. The histograms for both tenure(Figure 4) and the WPA scores (Figure 5) below are accompanied by Table 3 to provide thebasic data.Figure 4: Tenure of 101 Process Technicians in Population of InterestHistogram - Tenure Process Technicians Score >65 &>5.3yrsn =1012520Frequency1510506 8 10 12 14 16 18 20Tenure (Years): Boyne Smelters Ltd.SourceFigure 5: WPA Scores of 101 Process Technicians in Population of InterestHistogram - Scores Process TechniciansScore >65 & Tenure >5.3yrs n = 10120Frequency15105066 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84Work Perform ance ScoreBoyne Smelters Ltd.Source:129
Journal of Management Practice Volume 3, No. 2 2000Table 3: WPA Scores and Tenure of 101 Process Technicians in Population of InterestNumber Median Mean Std DeviationPerf Score 101 72 73 5.5Tenure 101 12.6 11.6Source: Boyne Smelters Ltd.4.10With this background, the results of the questionnaire distributed to the whole population of101 employees are presented in accordance with the research objectives. The results arepresented as percentages for clarity. The following tables are calculated from the originalcounts as provided in Appendix 4.QUANTITATIVE DATAAlthough not essential to an understanding of employee background Question 1 asks therespondent to provide the number of years they have worked at BSL and was included toprovide a comparison of the distribution of years of service for the respondents against thepopulation. The results confirmed what was found in company records as displayed in Figure4. As all respondents were to remain anonymous, it also provideds a form of check to confirmthat the person who responded was a member of the population of interest to avoid theinclusion of questionnaires copied and distributed to others who may fall outside the group,but want to contribute.The length of service in previous employment of those who responded has a wide range of 1–14 years. Over 70 percent had employment in their role prior to commencement at BSL of sixyears or less, whereas 21 percent had ten years or more. In the job prior to that, 26 percenthad only one job prior to BSL and 62 percent spent between one and ten years in that role.BSL was first full-time employment for only 3 percent of those in the long-term highperforming group of employees.Over 30 percent of the respondents had only one full-time job prior to joining BSL. Table 7reveals that only one of the respondents had no previous full-time employment.Table 4: Tenure of Respondents in Last JobQuestion 2 AYears 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 TotalPercent 13 16 8 11 13 13 0 5 0 13 3 0 0 5 100%130
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