Research Proposal
Research Proposal Employee Smoking Break
May 12th, 2007
Individuals have different personalities, habits, beliefs and social concepts. People carry these traits into an organizational setting while conforming to the rules and regulations established by the organization. Certain personal habits such as smoking, or religious beliefs such as taking time to pray at work may cause conflict in the workplace if such practices are in the minority. In the past, cigarette smoking was a fashionable habit; however, in the US Surgeon General declared in 1964, that smoking is hazardous to ones health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006).
In an effort to discourage people from smoking and prevent passive smoking, many limitations have been place on where to smoke in public places and businesses. This sometimes resulted in fiction between smokers and non-smokers. In this research proposal, a similar situation will be address.
Problem Statement
The problem is that non-smoking employees contend that employees who smoke are less productive because of the smoking breaks they take.
Research Purpose
Cemond Inc., a financial software company employs over 3000 people. All full-time employees are expected to work 7 hours a day and take one-hour lunch. This totals 40 hours workweek. Part-time employees (people who work less than 30 hours a week) also are allowed to take half an hour lunch break. Since the State law prohibits smoking in office buildings, employees who smoke usually have to go outside the building to smoke cigarettes. Normally, smokers take two to three smoking breaks lasting approximately 10 to 15 minutes each time. Currently, some of the non-smoking employees complain about the extra breaks smokers enjoy while they continue to perform their job responsibilities. There is an assumption that the productive time loss affects the overall organizations potential revenue. This is causing resentment among the employees. Within departments,
May 12th, 2007
Individuals have different personalities, habits, beliefs and social concepts. People carry these traits into an organizational setting while conforming to the rules and regulations established by the organization. Certain personal habits such as smoking, or religious beliefs such as taking time to pray at work may cause conflict in the workplace if such practices are in the minority. In the past, cigarette smoking was a fashionable habit; however, in the US Surgeon General declared in 1964, that smoking is hazardous to ones health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006).
In an effort to discourage people from smoking and prevent passive smoking, many limitations have been place on where to smoke in public places and businesses. This sometimes resulted in fiction between smokers and non-smokers. In this research proposal, a similar situation will be address.
Problem Statement
The problem is that non-smoking employees contend that employees who smoke are less productive because of the smoking breaks they take.
Research Purpose
Cemond Inc., a financial software company employs over 3000 people. All full-time employees are expected to work 7 hours a day and take one-hour lunch. This totals 40 hours workweek. Part-time employees (people who work less than 30 hours a week) also are allowed to take half an hour lunch break. Since the State law prohibits smoking in office buildings, employees who smoke usually have to go outside the building to smoke cigarettes. Normally, smokers take two to three smoking breaks lasting approximately 10 to 15 minutes each time. Currently, some of the non-smoking employees complain about the extra breaks smokers enjoy while they continue to perform their job responsibilities. There is an assumption that the productive time loss affects the overall organizations potential revenue. This is causing resentment among the employees. Within departments,