Abstract:
This study aims to know and to measure the postmodern thinking of Filipino employees
working in companies inside the Philippines. Furthermore, the development of the
companies were also seen and correlated with the level of postmodern values perceived
by the respondents. A questionnaire with four major domains一non-dualism,
deconstruction of meaning, subjectivity and non-conformity—was made by the
researcher to measure the postmodern attitudes of the employees. The reliability of the
questionnaire was measured by using Cronbach's Alpha which yielded 0.742—an
acceptable measure of internal consistency in the social sciences. After the respondents
answered the questionnaire, twelve respondents were randomly chosen for the in-depth
interview. Frequencies and cross tabulations were done for the quantitative part of the
study and the analysis was done for the respondents9 interviews. The statistics would
show that Filipino employees do have average to high level of postmodern values but the
interviews, as support to the answers in the questionnaires, tend to contradict the
quantitative results; or in other words, it exposed that the Filipino employees have more
evident modem than postmodern values. The respondents generally scored higher on the
subjectivity and the deconstruction perspective because it was said that it is in the culture
of the Filipinos to have "personalistic" values. It is concluded in the study that the need
for postmodern values, in the Philippines, can be considered as not really necessary for
the development of the companies because the respondent companies are still doing well
in their fields even though they value conservatism, conformity and loyalty to the
organization.
