A Study of Quality of Work Life (QWL) in Small Scale Unionized and Non Unionized Organization

Beginning in the seventies and during the next two decades a constellation of principles and methods for developing working conditions had evolved into a movement called Quality of Work Life (QWL). Present research investigats the impact of trade union on level of Quality of Working Life specially of small scaled organizations in Satara industrial estate during 2010-11. The research was designed to throw light on awareness and satisfaction of employees about eight broad criteria and eighty eight micro-parameters of QWL in the presence and absence of trade union. It is comparative study of QWL between small scaled unionized and non-unionized organizations. Responses of total 100 samples are collected on Likert Scale. Data is analyzed using mean, rank and standard deviation and hypothesis is tested using independent sample't' test.

The comparative study find out that QWL in unionized organization is better than non-unionized organization. It also concludes that union plays crucial role in the improvement of QWL in organization.