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An egalitarian company provides
employees with the opportunity to
contribute equally as well as share
recognition for success, which
is one of many advantages of an
egalitarianism system. In such a
system, an individual worker, who
is responsible for personal and
team work, and he or she is not
shackled by the chain of authority
or disadvantaged by the fact that
some other claims responsibility
for the positive results that others
worked for, since egalitarian
company culture promotes
individual accountability by
giving the workers more freedom.

According to Dunham (1984)
a person who is high in this
component of involvement makes
frequent reference to work or the
job when he/she answers to the
question “what kind of a person
am I?” and refers to work or
job related factors; for instance,
some may answer “I am a human
resource manager”, “I am a naval
officer/sailor” or “I am from Sri
Lanka Navy”. Authors of this
paper establish that symbolic
egalitarianism ensures employee’s
self-concept, enabling them work
in their organization with dignity. Dr. Anuradha Iddagoda Commodore Rohitha Abeysinghe
Senior Lecturer Officer in-charge
Management Science Unit Welisara Naval Complex
Faculty of Applied Sciences Welisara
University of Sri Jayewardenepura

34 September 2021