Clarification: Botswana labour force work ethic rating :: Mmegi Online

Lately there have been media reports to the effect that the Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC) carried out a study which rated the country’s labour force using socio economic variables such as gender, age, educational level, religious affiliation of employees and that Muslims, women and those aged above 60 were better performers.

To this end, the information might have misled the public into thinking that there has been a study based on the said variables which concluded that the performance of the country’s labour force was determined by the said characteristics.

Therefore, the BNPC would like to clarify the issues pertaining to the rating of work ethic of Botswana’s labour force with specific reference to the Botswana Quality Workforce (BQW) Study of 2010. The variables as used in the study referred to the profiles of the respondents who were involved in rating the work ethic of the country’s labour force.

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