It was hypothesized that the perceptions of climate by workers and employers and the perceptions of members of different levels of productivity would differ. Such differences, it was hypothesized, are mediated through the vulnerability of the items of climate described emotionally. An analysis of variance of the response of workers and employers of hosiery units 15 high and 15 low in productivity and correlations between responses of workers and employers on Likert's climate scale items support the first and last hypotheses.
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