Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus Development and Social Services Commission
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2014-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The main purpose of this study was to assess factors that affecting labor and managementrelationship in the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus Development and Social Services Commission central office. Therefore to achieve objectives of the study descriptive method was used in this study. The organization has twenty two branches four area cluster
offices and one head quarter. Among which the researcher selected the head quarter using
purposive sampling because, all directive and manuals derived from this office and the
composition of labor force can represent the branches and clusters as well. The head quarter has
a total of 95 employees and this study included 55 employees in the organization which is 57.8%.
These are 5 department directors, 37employees at different levels of the head quarter and 13
respondents at two project sites. 6 questionnaires were not collected due to failure to respond by
respondents in a given time frame. Questioner, Semi-structured interview, observation and
document analysis were used to collect data. The data gathered through questionnaires,
interview, observation and document analysis were analyzed using frequency and percentage in
a table. Number of male and female employees’ data in different level and positions of the
organization were collected. Salary and wage condition, supervisory subordinate relationship
and benefit package provision by the organization were major findings in this study. Based on
the finding, less female participation particularly on top level decision making body, incompetent
salary of the organization, good supervisory subordinate relationship and poor benefit package
are drawn in the conclusion. The need to improve woman participation in top level position, the
need to improve salary, the need to enhance supervisor subordinate relationship and benefit
package reconsideration are recommendations to alleviate the current gap in relation to labor and management relationship in the organization
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