Gender and job characteristics of slaughter industry personnel influence their attitudes to animal welfare

Wigham, Ellie; Grist, Andrew; Mullan, Siobhan; Wotton, S.B.; Butterworth, Andrew

doi:10.7120/09627286.29.3.313

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“…The overall attitudes and affective attitudes of women were found to be more positive than men. This is consistent with Heleski et al ( 2004 ), Kupsala et al ( 2015 ), and Wigham et al ( 2020 ). Generally, women are more emotional than men and are more likely to generate emotional associations and emotional expressions; hence, the female public expresses more empathy for farm animals (Lutz, 2016 ; Mazas and Fernandez-Manzanal, 2019 ).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…The influence of demographic characteristics on attitude has been explored in previous studies. (1) Gender: Heleski et al ( 2004 ), Kupsala et al ( 2015 ), and Wigham et al ( 2020 ) found that women's attitudes toward farm animal welfare were more positive than men's. (2) Age: Kupsala et al ( 2015 ) showed that young people expressed more positive attitudes toward farm animal welfare than older people.…”

Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Factors influencing Chinese public attitudes toward farm animal welfare

Jiang

Tang²,

Cui³

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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A comprehensive understanding of current Chinese public attitudes toward farm animal welfare and the relevant influencing factors is essential for improving farm animal welfare and promoting further development of animal husbandry. The attitudes of 3,726 respondents in China were investigated using paper and online questionnaires. Three components (affective, cognitive, and behavioral) of attitudes toward farm animal welfare were assessed using 18 items designed based on the literature review. Influential factors of attitudes toward farm animal welfare were explored via tobit regression. The results revealed that the Chinese public not only considers farm animals to be emotional and sentient but are also sympathetic toward farm animals that suffer inhumane treatment. Although they have limited knowledge about farm animal welfare, the public believes improving farm animal welfare is beneficial, especially for food safety and human health. The Chinese public prefers regulation policies to incentive policies for improving farm animal welfare. The main factors influencing attitudes toward farm animal welfare included gender, age, education, monthly household income, area of residence, farm animal raising experience, and attention to farm animal welfare events. The effect of these influencing factors on attitudes varied. These findings provide a basis for improving Chinese public attitudes toward farm animal welfare. The implications of formulating and implementing effective policies to improve the Chinese public attitudes toward farm animal welfare were discussed.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors influencing Chinese public attitudes toward farm animal welfare

Jiang

Tang²,

Cui³

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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“…The final category of interaction involves employees working on animals as commodities, where animals serve as integrated components of the supply chain in the process of production or experimentation (Clarke & Knights, 2022;Koch & Ulver, 2022;Magri et al, 2021). The category is dominated by farmers (Ceccato, Lundqvist, Abraham, Göransson, & Svennefelt, 2022;Medaas et al, 2021), stock people (Losada-Espinosa et al, 2020), and abattoir workers (McLoughlin, 2019) but also includes scientists in research laboratories that conduct animal testing (Ferrara et al, 2022;Hobson-West, 2012;Wigham, Grist, Mullan, Wotton, & Butterworth, 2020). Of note, this work constitutes an exponentially greater portion of employee-animal interactions and the economy than the other three combined.…”

Section: Working On Animals As Commoditiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Prior research points to overwhelming work demands, such as the pressure of production, time constraints, or poor facilities, as factors that lead to high rates of animal abuse in these industries (Grandin, 1988). How these employees treat the animals has also been linked to several attitudes and personality traits (Grandin, 1988;Wigham et al, 2020). Stock people who hold negative beliefs toward animals, possess less concern for animal welfare, or rate high in neuroticism tend to assert more force and abuse when handling animals (Losada-Espinosa et al, 2020).…”

Section: Working On Animals As Commoditiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Employees in each expressed ambivalent pulls of care and concern that need to be balanced against task requirements, organizational responsibilities, and societal norms. Employees in each also attempted to resolve such tension, often suboptimally, such as via other-denigration (Wigham et al, 2020), moral justification (Hobson-West, 2012), and self-sacrifice (Bunderson & Thompson, 2009).…”

Section: Moralitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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All Creatures Great and Small: A Review and Typology of Employee-Animal Interactions

Quan,

Lam,

Schabram

et al. 2023

Journal of Management

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Employees interact with animals in a myriad of ways in the context of work. Herein, we seek to catalog this multiplex phenomenon in order to gain theoretical insights. Our article unfolds in four parts. First, we conduct an interdisciplinary review from which we develop a typology of four employee-animal interactions: working for, with, around, and on animals. Second, we outline the current research for each discrete category. Third, we consider key divergent experiences (e.g., the uniquely gendered nature of each) and convergent themes (e.g., all animal work is emotional and hierarchical) across the typology. Fourth, we supplement our review with two metasyntheses of other workplace team interactions—employee-employee and employee-machine/artificial intelligence interactions—to highlight how the study of human-animal interactions can address current conundrums in the organizational domain. We do so to demonstrate that considerations of employee-animal interactions can offer theoretical value to scholars, including those who may not have an inherent interest in the phenomenon. We complement theoretical extensions with suggestions for future research on core management topics, including humanizing workplaces, the future of work, and team collaboration.

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Gender and job characteristics of slaughter industry personnel influence their attitudes to animal welfare

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Factors influencing Chinese public attitudes toward farm animal welfare

Factors influencing Chinese public attitudes toward farm animal welfare

All Creatures Great and Small: A Review and Typology of Employee-Animal Interactions

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