Dissertations / Theses: 'Employer organisations'

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Lee, Kuan-Fang. "Organisational commitment : employer expectations in the context of Taiwanese organisations." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2011. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/19948/.

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The research deals with an alternative view to understanding organisational commitment within the context of Taiwanese organizations, namely organisational demand-side commitment (ODC). ODC is based on an organisational perspective, which renders this study quite distinct from the prior traditional studies. The overarching research aim that guided this study was, "Does an organisation require different degrees of commitment from its employees, and does it have different expectations from its individual employees according to their different position characteristics?" The exploration of the dynamic relationships, that exist between the commitment expected by the organisation and the commitment freely given by its employees, was based upon 40 in-depth interviews with senior HR managers, line managers and workers in Taiwan-based firms. This formed the basis for an exploratory study to develop a theoretical model of ODC. Subsequently, quantitative analytical methods were employed to test the resulting hypotheses. With the uniqueness of ODC as a concept and an analytical tool, data were collected from 1,380 individuals employed in 60 Taiwan-based firms. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and regression analysis were used to analyse and interpret the data. The results found a significant positive correlation between ODC and the position characteristics of Demand-Side Commitment: authority, complexity and exclusivity of skills. Through the PCA, two sub-dependent variables 'identity' and 'turnover' were extracted, with the former acting as a stronger predictor of ODC than the latter. It was shown that the finding could draw both employers and employees to enhance mutual identity with each other to secure the desired balance between expectation and achievement. The contribution of this thesis to the study of organisational commitment is that the framework presented in this study focuses on the organisational demand-side commitment, which not only rests principally on the development of the linkage from employer to employee, but also forms the basis to conduct further research on this two-way linkage in the future.

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Hassan, Fadomo, and Simon Gelin. "The role of employer branding onemployee retention. : A study regarding bank organisations abilities to keep current employees." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-86220.

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The Swedish banking industry is constantly exposed to changes, mainly due to the revolutionof digitalisation. Mobilisation is another factor which affects the industry mainly by challengingemployers. The supply in the labour market has increased markedly and the needs of employeesare ever changing. With a wider range of employers to choose from, the efforts to meet theneeds of employees are more important than ever before. It is, therefore, important thatorganisations find ways to distinguish themselves from its competitors. Handelsbanken is oneof Sweden's largest organisations in the bank industry, they are well known for theirdecentralised organisational and have large markets shares mainly nationally but can be foundinternationally as well. The purpose of this research project is to gain a broader understandingregarding which strategies, within Employer Branding, organisations in the banking industryuse to motivate and keep current employees. To answer this research purpose a theoreticalframework has been conducted based on the following theories: employer branding, employeevalue proposition and employer retention. Primary data has been collected through semistructuredinterviews with ten respondents from Handelsbanken, including both managementand current employees. Results have shown that the studied bank have considered and appliedstrategies to meet the needs of their employees. Handelsbanken’s employees value the giventrust, development opportunities and the local decision making the organisation has. Theanalysis of these results leads to the conclusion that the employee retention efforts made by theemployer are successful. Internal options regarding career changes contribute to motivatingfurther engagements. An employee often strives for security and by offering internalmobilisation the organisation has established conditions to achieve a long-term career withinthe company. Since the study only includes the perspectives of one organisation within theindustry the results cannot be generalised for the whole industry.

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Ilic, Josefin, and Matilda Tranell. "What Influences Employees to Become Digital Advocates? : A Quantitative Study of the Relationship Between Employer Branding and Digital Employee Advocacy in Industrial Organisations." Thesis, KTH, Industriell Marknadsföring och Entreprenörskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-230625.

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Since the introduction of social media, the corporate communication landscape has changed significantly, and thus organisations need to find new innovative ways to communicate. One emerging strategy is digital employee advocacy, which ultimately means that employees voluntarily endorse their employers on social media platforms. As of now however, research on how organisations should operate in order to encourage such behaviour is rather unexplored and inadequate, and a stronger understanding of the motivation and underlying mechanisms is needed. One concept that is conceptually identified as a driver for employee advocacy is employer branding, both directly and indirectly through organisational commitment. Therefore, this thesis aims at investigating and analysing the relationship between employer branding and digital employee advocacy as well as the dimensions of employer branding. Ultimately, the purpose of this thesis is to generate insights on which industrial organisations can build strategies for digital employee advocacy programs. This was done by collecting quantitative data through a questionnaire distributed among employees in a Swedish industrial organisation. Based on the data, a PLS-SEM analysis was conducted that both evaluated a newly developed employer branding scale and the relationships between employer branding and digital employee advocacy. The results from the analysis show that employer branding consists of five dimensions: training and development, healthy work atmosphere, ethics and CSR, work life balance as well as compensation and benefits. Furthermore, it can be concluded that employer branding does not lead to digital employee advocacy directly. It can however be shown that the relationships from employer branding to organisational commitment and from organisational commitment to digital employee advocacy are significant and that organisational commitment has a full mediating effect on the direct relationship between employer branding and digital employee advocacy. Thus, organisations need to recognise organisational commitment as a necessity, and employer branding as an instrument, for achieving digital employee advocacy.
I takt med tillväxten av sociala medier så har kommunikationslandskapet förändrats drastiskt och organisationer behöver därför hitta nya innovativa kommunikationsstrategier. En allt mer framstående strategi är digital employee advocacy, vilket innebär att få anställda att frivilligt förespråka sina arbetsgivare på sociala medier. Forskning gällande hur organisationer ska verka för att främja sådant beteende är dock bristfällig i nuläget och en större förståelse för incitament och drivande faktorer är därför nödvändig. En faktor som är identifierad som en potentiell drivkraft för digital employee advocacy är employer branding, både direkt och indirekt genom ett koncept känt som organisational commitment (sv. organisationsengagemang). Baserat på detta är målet för denna rapport att undersöka och analysera relationen mellan employer branding och digital employee advocacy samt de potentiella dimensionerna av employer branding. Vidare är rapportens syfte att generera insikter på vilka industriella organisationer kan bygga strategier för digital employee advocacy program. Detta kunde uppfyllas genom att distribuera en enkät till anställda i en svensk industriorganisation. Baserat på kvantitativ data från denna enkät kunde en PLS-SEM analys genomföras vilken både utvärderade en nyutvecklad skala för employer branding samt relationerna mellan employer branding och digital employee advocacy. Resultaten från denna analys indikerar att employer branding består av fem dimensioner: training and development, healthy work atmosphere, ethics and CSR, work life balance samt compensation and benefits. Vidare så visar resultaten att employer branding i dessa förhållanden inte har en direkt påverkan på digital employee advocacy. Dock visar resultaten att employer branding leder till organisational commitment, som i sin tur leder till digital employee advocacy. Dessutom visar resultaten att det direkta förhållandet mellan employer branding och digital employee advocacy till fullo medieras av organisational commitment. Organisationer som vill uppnå digital employee advocacy bör därför se organisational commitment som en nödvändighet och employer branding som ett hjälpmedel.

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Gustafsson, Linda, and Emma Wernersson. "Attraktiva fördelar : - en undersökning om en privat organisations arbete med employer branding, arbetsgivarvarumärke och EVP." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-25777.

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Ökande konkurrens mellan företag har gjort att det blir allt viktigare att profilera organisationen som en attraktiv arbetsgivare för att på så sätt kunna attrahera kompetent personal så att företaget kan bibehålla positionen på marknaden.Studiens syfte har varit att få kunskap om hur processerna kring arbetsgivarvarumärket bedrivs, vilka fördelar som anställda uppfattar att en anställning i företaget innebär samt vad företaget behöver arbeta med för att attrahera framtida personal. 43 webbaserade enkäter med personalen, 12 enkäter med högskoleklass tillhörande målgruppen, 2 kvalitativa intervjuer med HR-personal samt 44 miniintervjuer med potentiell framtida personal har genomförts för att besvara följande frågor: hur arbetar organisationen med employer branding? hur upplever de anställda organisationens EVP? och vad efterfrågar potentiella medarbetare hos en framtida arbetsgivare?Resultaten visar brister i det strategiska arbetet kring employer branding processerna. En lyckad intern strategi har medfört stark organisationskultur och organisationsidentitet som skapat lojalitet gentemot arbetsgivarvarumärket hos de anställda. Den externa strategin särskiljer dock inte arbetsgivarvarumärket från varumärket, och ett starkt EVP saknas då identitet, profil och image inte överensstämmer.Nyckelord: Arbetsgivarvarumärket, Employer branding, Employee value proposition, attrahera personal, privat organisation

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Berg, Lydia, and Filippa Grankvist. ""Starka varumärken får kraft inifrån" : En kvalitativ fallstudie om internkommunikation kopplat till en organisations arbetsgivarvarumärke." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för humaniora, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-35893.

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Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats studien är att få djupare förståelse för och kunskap om hur organisationen vi undersökt, hädanefter benämnt som Organisation X kommunicerar internt för att stärka/upprätthålla sitt arbetsgivarvarumärke och hur detta implementeras och i sin tur uppfattas av medarbetarna. Metod: Studien är en fallstudie som tillämpar en kvalitativ forskningsmetod med en tolkande ansats. Den första delen av empirin samlades in genom två stycken semistrukturerade intervjuer med personer som arbetar med kommunikation och HR inom Organisation X. Den andra delen var en kompletterande enkät riktad till medarbetarna som utformades utifrån studiens teoretiska utgångspunkter tillsammans med resultat från intervjuerna. Resultat och slutsats: Organisation X använder sig av medarbetarna som kommunikationsstrategi såväl internt som externt för att stärka sitt arbetsgivarvarumärke. Majoriteten av medarbetarna har en positiv inställning till X som arbetsgivare. Organisation X arbetsgivarvarumärke kan betraktas som unikt och kanske de allra viktigaste ur ett employer branding perspektiv - majoriteten av organisationens medlemmar uppfattar arbetsgivarvarumärke på ett liknande sätt. Bidrag: Studien bidrar med djupare förståelse för och kunskap om hur Organisation X kommunicerar internt för att stärka/upprätthålla sitt arbetsgivarvarumärke och hur detta implementeras och i sin tur uppfattas av medarbetarna. Förslag på framtida forskning: Vidare forskning föreslås studera huruvida chefskapet lever kvar inom en organisation som gjort en liknande omorganisation. Förslag till frågor som vidare studier kan ställa skulle kunna vara: existerar chefskap fortfarande inom organisationen? Om ja, på vilket sätt?
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to gain a deeper understanding and knowledge of how the organization we study, hereinafter referred to as Organization X communicates internally to strengthen/maintain its employer brand and how this is implemented and in turn how this is perceived by the employees. Method: The study is a case study that applies a qualitative research method with an interpretive approach. The first part of the empirical data was collected through two semi-structured interviews with people who work with communication and HR within Organization X. The second part was a supplementary questionnaire aimed at employees that was designed based on the study’s theoretical starting points together with results from the interviews. Result and conclusions: Organization X uses employees as communication strategy both internally and externally to strengthen its employer brand. The majority of employees have a positive attitude towards X as an employer. Organization X employer brand can be considered unique and perhaps the most important from an employer branding perspective - the majority of the organization’s members perceive employer brand in a similar way. Contribution: The study contributes to a deeper understanding of and knowledge of how Organization X communicates internally to strengthen/maintain its employer brand and how this is implemented and in turn perceived by employees. Suggestion for future research: Further research is proposed to study whether leadership survives within an organization that has made a similar reorganization. Suggestions for questions that further studies may ask could be: does leadership still exist within the organization? If so, in what way?

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Häll, Tina, and Madelene Åhlstrand. "Det centrala i en decentralisering : Hur en global organisations employer brand upplevs i och med en decentralisering." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-24730.

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Syftet med denna studie var att på uppdrag av en global industriorganisation undersöka högskole- och universitetsstudenters upplevelse av organisationens externa employer brand vid en decentralisering. Studien byggde på åtta intervjuer med materialvetarstudenter, tillika potentiell framtida arbetskraft. Data analyserades utifrån en kvalitativ tematisk analysmetod. I resultatet framkom sex olika teman som enligt respondenterna är relevanta att ta hänsyn till vid en decentraliseringsprocess. Dessa sex teman är Ekonomi; Organisationsstruktur; Chefer och styrning; Kommunikation; Kultur och klimat samt Karriärmöjligheter. Resultatet visade att en tydlig kommunikation inom och mellan enheterna är nödvändig för att kunna lyckas med decentraliseringsprocessen. I resultatet framkom även vikten av chefernas ansvar vid decentraliseringen, där ökad självständighet kräver kompetenta personer på chefspositioner. Organisationsstrukturen möjliggör kortare beslutsvägar vilket innebär större inflytande hos de anställda, där en starkare kultur kan rota sig. Vidare påtalades även risken för ökad konkurrens mellan enheterna samt försämrade karriärmöjligheter.
The purpose of this study was, on behalf of a global industry organization, to investigate the experience of university students concerning external employer brand in a decentralization process. The study was based on eight interviews with material science students, which are their potential future employees. The data was analyzed on the basis of a qualitative thematic analysis method. The results revealed six different themes that, according to respondents, are relevant to take into account in a decentralization process. These six themes are Economy; Organizational structure; Managers and management; Communication; Culture and climate and Career opportunities. The result showed that explicit communication, within and between the units, is necessary to succeed in a decentralization process. The result also revealed the importance of the managers' responsibility in decentralization, where increasing independence requires competent people as managers. The organizational structure enables quicker decision-making with more influence for the employees, where a stronger culture can appear. Furthermore, the risk of increased competition between the units and the inferior of career opportunities was pointed out by the respondents.

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Carlén, Matilda, and Emma Röös. "Employer Branding : En organisations arbete med att bygga ett starkt arbetsgivarvarumärke och dess medarbetares stora betydelse." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-72430.

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Employer branding är idag av stor vikt för organisationer i samband med arbetet att bygga ett starkt arbetsgivarvarumärke som ska öka möjligheten att attrahera, utveckla och behålla medarbetare. Det handlar om att organisationer idag vill positionera sig som första valet för potentiella medarbetare och skapa associationer till sitt varumärke för att på så sätt öka sin attraktionskraft på arbetsmarknaden. Medarbetare ses idag som organisationers viktigaste resurs och har därför en stor betydelse i organisationers arbete med att stärka sitt arbetsgivarvarumärke och öka sin attraktivitet. Detta är en kvalitativ studie där vi studerar en kommun som vi har valt att hålla anonym för läsarna. Det som undersöks i studien är hur kommunen arbetar med Employer branding och hur det används för att attrahera, utveckla och behålla medarbetare i organisationen. Det undersöks även hur medarbetarna upplever organisationen som arbetsgivare samt vad som kan komma att påverka deras känslor och uppfattningar gällande kommunen. Denna kvalitativa undersökningen präglas av samtalsintervjuer och baseras på en abduktiv forskningsansats. Det som har undersökts är följande:

På vilket sätt arbetar kommunen med Employer branding och hur används det för att attrahera, utveckla och behålla medarbetare? Hur upplever medarbetarna organisationen som arbetsgivare och dess Employer branding arbete? Vilka faktorer kan påverka medarbetarnas känslor och uppfattningar gällande organisationen som arbetsgivare? Studien baseras på ett flertal olika teorier som behandlar forskningsområdet som bland annat Employer branding, Employer value proposition, intern och extern Employer branding, motivation, Human resource development samt rekrytering. Resultatet av undersökningen visar att trots att en organisation har tydliga strategier och tankar kring sitt Employer branding arbete betyder inte det att arbetet genomsyrar hela organisationen och att medarbetarnas upplevelser är detsamma. I studien framkommer det att kommunen har en tydlig tanke kring sitt Employer branding arbete och deras arbetssätt liknar det många forskare förespråkar att ett Employer branding arbete ska se ut. Det framkommer även att det är väl medvetna om medarbetarnas betydelse i arbetet med att bygga ett starkt arbetsgivarvarumärke. I studien framkommer det dock att medarbetarna saknar samma tydliga uppfattningar gällande organisationens arbete, då de inte känner sig lika viktiga som organisationen påstår att de är. Vidare visar studien vilka faktorer som påverkar en medarbetares känslor, uppfattningar och upplevelser gällande organisationen som arbetsgivare som exempelvis det förändringsarbetet som genomförts i kommunen. Under förändringsarbetet upplever medarbetarna brist på inflytande, kommunikation och motivation.

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Wärefors, Linnea, and Sanna Clewebrink. "Att växa så det knakar : En studie om den organiska tillväxtens påverkan på en organisations identitet." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-376972.

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Denna studie studerar hur organisk tillväxt påverkar en stor organisations identitet och vidare hur den organiska tillväxten påverkar samspelet mellan organisationens identitet och ett företags medarbetarerbjudande. För att undersöka studiens syfte har en fallstudie genomförts på ett stort teknikkonsultföretag som uteslutande vuxit genom organisk tillväxt. Åtta semistrukturerade intervjuer har genomförts med anställda på företaget, detta för att fånga de karaktärsdrag som kan illustrera teknikkonsultföretagets identitet. Empirin visar att följande fem karaktärsdrag: företagets storlek, ägarform och struktur, frihet och flexibilitet, utvecklingsmöjligheter samt hjälpsamhet och öppenhet kan beskriva organisationens identitet. Hur den organiska tillväxten har påverkat teknikkonsultföretagets identitet har främst visat sig genom en ökad anonymitet, en minskad flexibilitet samt en något högre grad av hierarki. Dessutom kan den organiska tillväxten eventuellt bidragit till större utvecklingsmöjligheter. Dock har stora delar av identiteten bevarats vilket kan bero på teknikkonsultföretagets ägarform, en mindre genomförd omorganisation samt att företagets värderingar i form av värdeord genomsyrar och efterlevs i verksamheten.

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Chiboiwa, Malvern Waini. "The relationship between job satisfaction and organisational citizenship behaviour among selected organisations in Zimbabwe." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/30.

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Contemporary human resources management suggests that organisations which have been able to make it in the business arena have done so through good people management practices. Job satisfaction, through a people centered approach, has not been spared as one of the critical forces used in achieving organisational effectiveness. Traditional thought behind job satisfaction prescribes that satisfied employees tend to be more productive, creative and committed to their jobs; all of which are imperative to ii achieving an organisation’s bottom line. There has been some controversy surrounding the nature of the relationship between job satisfaction and organisational citizenship behaviour, which is another factor that is regarded as important in achieving organisational effectiveness. Some studies have shown that organisational citizenship behavior is a result of job satisfaction. In this regard, the present study focuses on the extent to which job satisfaction influences organisational citizenship behaviour among selected organizations in Zimbabwe. The study hypothesised that job satisfaction correlates positively with organisational citizenship behaviour. Participants in the study comprise of middle level management, supervisors and lower level employees. Two questionnaires were combined to collect data for the study. The Minnesota Satisfaction questionnaire was used to collect data on job satisfaction whilst a questionnaire by Konovsky and Organ (1996:253) was used to collect data on organisational citizenship behaviour. The results show that employees in the organisations surveyed report moderate levels of job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior. It was established that there was a substantive correlation between job satisfaction and organisational citizenship behaviour.

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Lester, Daliwonga Byron. "Employee participation in decision making in the mining sector." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4276.

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Magister Philosophiae - MPhil
The main objective of this research is to asses the effectiveness of the channels (collective bargaining and workplace forums) created by the LRA for employee‟s participation in decision making in the mining sector. Problems related to employee participation will be examined to determine whether they are structural or due to shortcomings in the LRA. If it is found that there are shortcomings of the labour legislation in this regard, recommendations on how the shortcoming can be addressed will be made. The significance of this research paper is that it attempts to determine the efficacy of the current statutorily protected channels for employee participation in the mining sector against the backdrop of prevalent theories on employee participation. Although many labour law authors have commented on the role of workplace forums in South Africa, the relative advantages of workplace forums have not been analysed through the lens of the theories on employee participation

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Beck, Karen. "The development of affective organisational commitment /." Title page, contents and summary only, 1997. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phb3933.pdf.

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Sher, Jordan. "Understanding how qualifying-year accounting students construe potential employers when making employer-choice decisions." Master's thesis, Faculty of Commerce, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33022.

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This study explores how Postgraduate Diploma of Accounting (PGDA) students at the University of Cape Town consider potential employers when making employer-choice decisions. Kelly's Repertory Grid technique was employed during structured interviews with twelve (N = 12) PGDA students. Perceptions about potential accounting employers varied across the participants. Investec and Nedbank, both of which are Banks, were construed similarly for 11 out of 12 participants. On average, three of the Big Four auditing firms were mostly construed similarly, namely EY, PwC and Deloitte, with KPMG construed differently by the majority of participants. Nolands and Mazars were construed similarly for 8 participants. Transnet was perceived distinctly from the other firms by most participants. The most frequently elicited constructs were regarding progression opportunities, international exposure and ethical reputation. The following themes emerged from a thematic analysis of the participants' interview responses: (1) organizational attractiveness, (2) exposure gained during training, (3) work environment, (4) progression opportunities, (5) diversity policies, (6) brand awareness, (7) workplace flexibility and work-life balance, (8) the recruitment process, (9) corporate social responsibility, and (10) a felt moral responsibility to the employer. This study proposes that by understanding how students construe and perceive different sets of potential accounting employers, employers could improve their attraction and retention strategies. The findings of this study could also be of benefit to career counsellors and others tasked with advising and guiding accounting graduates.

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Kenny, Candice Leigh. "Perceptions of employers and employees on the need for an employee assistance programme in a financial services organisation in the Western Cape." University of the Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4230.

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Magister Commercii (Industrial Psychology) - MCom(IPS)
Through the Health and Safety Act, government has placed pressure on corporate organisations to exercise their duty of care and provide support to employees who may have psychological difficulties. Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP) is the one way in which organisations can fulfil their duty according to the Health and Safety Act. Human Resource is most important and valuable resource an organisation has which is often not even recognized. The effectiveness of an organisation is to a large extent dependent on the well-being of its staff. An employee assistance programme is designed to help employers manage issues of performance in the workplace. Employees manage the balance between work and personal pressures which have become increasingly part of daily life. Furthermore, the success of this programme depends on the flexibility it has according to the ever-changing needs of employees, organisations and society. The organisation in this study does not have formal assistance programmes in place to provide support to its employees who may have psychological difficulties. This study examines the need of an Employee Assistance Programme from the perception of both the employer and the employee and reveals that both groups have different needs, experience different types of problems and view the EAP in different contexts. Despite the differences in opinion, the evidence indicates that both employer and employee perceive there to be a great need for an EAP.

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Izard, Sabine. "Les accords d'entreprise ou de groupe à caractère transnational." Thesis, Paris 2, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011PA020050.

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La mondialisation de l’économie modifie les rapports sociaux. Face au poids grandissant des firmes multinationales, les organisations syndicales s’organisent au niveau international. De nouvelles stratégies de contre-pouvoir émergent dont les accords transnationaux d’entreprise ou de groupe sont le fruit. Résultats d’une négociation spontanée entre des acteurs dont la légitimité reste à prouver, ces accords aménagent les rapports sociaux dans les entreprises et les groupes à caractère transnational et édictent des règles de travail pour les salariés qui les composent, voire au-delà. D’abord envisagés comme de simples déclarations d’intention assurant, par-delà les frontières, la promotion des droits fondamentaux au travail, leur contenu se précise et engage plus fermement leurs signataires. Un cadre juridique propre s’impose. A défaut, ils seront régis selon le cadre national de réception. Malgré ces incertitudes, les signataires s’organisent conventionnellement pour donner effets aux accords. Des clauses spécifiques assurent leur mise en oeuvre et leur suivi. Pourtant le silence demeure sur les effets juridiques réellement produits. Dès lors, une certaine insécurité questionne les parties qui appellent parfois à la définition d’un cadre international de réception pour en définir les règles de conclusion, la portée et les recours envisageables en cas de violation
The economic globalization changes the social relations. To face this growing importance of multinational firms, global unions get organized at international level. New strategies against this emerging power include the conclusion of international and European framework agreements. Result of a spontaneous negotiation between actors whose legitimacy remains to be seen, these agreements adjust any social relationships in transnational companies and groups and lay down rules for employees who work for the up, and beyond. First seen as mere declarations of intention promoting the Fundamental rights at work beyond borders, their content is taking shape and commitments are stronger for signatories. A legal framework is needed. Otherwise, agreements will be governed by the national legislations. Despite these uncertainties, signatories conventionally organize effects of their agreements. Specific provisions ensure their implementation and monitoring. Yet the silence remains on the legal effects actually occurred. Therefore, some insecurity questions the parties that sometimes ask for an international framework of reception to define the rules of conclusion, the scope of the agreement and possible remedies for violations

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Burns, Richard A. "Exploring the effects of employee and organisational characteristics on two models of employee well-being within an organisational health research framework." University of Southern Queensland, Faculty of Education, 2008. http://eprints.usq.edu.au/archive/00006182/.

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[Abstract]Research within clinical, organisational and community contexts, generally equates an individual’s sense of well-being with the absence of adverse psychological states.More recently, proponents of ‘positive psychology’ have drawn attention to positive affective states, like happiness and joy. The focus on affective states relates to a Subjective Well-Being (SWB) approach to well-being. In contrast, a Psychological Well-Being (PWB) approach considers the role of mastery and efficacy beliefs, asense of autonomy and positive relatedness with others, as separate dimensions that are related to SWB. Two studies tested the hypothesis that two affect dimensions ofSWB, Positive (PA) and Negative (NA) Affect, were independently related to PWB.In both studies, factor analysis differentiated between items from two SWB and PWB measures, whilst correlations between the well-being factors were moderate. Apreliminary study reported PWB to be a significant predictor of SWB after controlling for Demographics and Negative Life Events. A lack of association between Negative Life Events and PA suggests independent effects for two broad SWB dimensions. Using an Organisational Health Research Framework (OHRF), a study of high-school teachers further controlled for a five-factor model of personality and both Positive and Negative Organisational Climate. PWB was still identified as a significant predictor of SWB after controlling for demographic, organisational climate and personality variables. Independent effects on positive and negative SWBdimensions were also identified. Assessing change of both dependent and independent variables with two waves of data supported the independence of SWB outcomes and the strong effect of PWB on SWB across time. Higher levels of PWBwere mostly related to better SWB outcomes (lower negative and higher positive SWB states). Although the OHRF proposes reciprocal effects of employee wellbeingand personality on perceptions of climate, the strongest effects were those reported whereby organisational climate and individual characteristics, being mostly independent of each other, strongly predicted employee SWB within and across waves. Implications for future employee well-being research are that organisational interventions need to address reducing negative and improving positive facets of the organisation. Individual interventions which promote PWB components would appear to be a most important avenue by which to improve employee SWB, by reducing NA and improving PA states.

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Grice, Tim. "Employee identification in organisations : where employees hang their hats and why it matters /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18517.pdf.

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Poisat, Paul. "A critical analysis of organisational strategies for employee engagement." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/466.

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Organisations are continuously searching for ways to increase their competitiveness as a means to survive in the global economy. More recently approaches have focused on the role that people perform in bringing about competitive advantage. Research indicates that engaged employees contribute vastly to the financial bottom-line of the organisation (see section 3.2.2). The research problem in this study was to identify strategies that organisations can use to engage their employees. To achieve this objective a theoretical employee engagement model was presented. The presentation of the theoretical model consisted of the following sub-processes: § Firstly, a literature survey was conducted to determine the underlying drivers/constructs of employee engagement. Abstract iii § The second comprised surveying the literature dealing specifically with approaches for measuring employee engagement. § Thirdly, the literature was surveyed to identify strategies and models used by organisations for engaging employees. The theoretical employee engagement model served as a basis for the compilation of the survey questionnaire that determined the extent to which human resource practitioners and line managers agree with the theoretical model developed in this study. The questionnaire was administered to a random sample of individuals employed in the automotive cluster in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality and the Buffalo City Metropole. The empirical results obtained from the survey indicated that respondents strongly concurred with the theoretical employee engagement model presented in the study. These results were included in the theoretical model, which lead to the development of the integrated organisational employee engagement model. The model comprises of four interrelated categories that all contribute to enhancing employees’ engagement. These categories are organisational leadership, organisational culture, organisational strategies and the manager’s role. From the literature survey and the study it became clear that the role of the manager, had the most significant impact on employee engagement of all the categories. In addition, the integrated organisational employee engagement model can be used by organisations as an applied strategy for the measurement of employee engagement. The main findings from this research are that 60 per cent of organisations that participated in the empirical study had implemented strategies to engage their employees. However, the majority of organisations reporting not having an engagement strategy were among organisations that employed less than 700 employees (smaller organisations). The study also highlighted certain variables that required special attention, especially when implementing employee engagement within the South African context. South African companies as compared to their overseas counterparts, rated organisational engagement variables such as remuneration, benefits and gain sharing lower. A further variable that was identified by the study requiring special attention was, ‘senior management shows a sincere interest in employees’ well-being’. A final point emanating from the study is that the implementation of employee engagement, as a strategy to enhance organisational competitiveness, must be viewed as a continuous process. Organisations should prior, to the implementation of an employee engagement strategy, consider whether they are prepared to share engagement results, take corrective action commensurate with the results and deal with employee expectations that may be incurred. The strategies espoused by the integrated organisational employee engagement model developed in this study, can be used by organisations to increase organisational competitiveness by improving their employees’ level of engagement.

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Åhlin, Fabian, and Johan Österholm. "Employer Branding - Att matcha person med organisation : En empirisk studie om hur employer branding påverkar organisationers möjligheter att attrahera och behålla personal." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-143103.

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Due to the current competition in the labour market, organizations are forced to take actions if they are to stay competitive. Employer branding is a competitive strategy that have skyrocketed in practice in recent years. In the academic literature, the concept of employer branding is also fairly new which explains the lack of research on the subject. With empirical support, we have studied an overlooked aspect of the recruitment process that we think is important from the basis of the employer branding activities that organizations today are involved in. Failed recruitments are today a growing matter of concern for organizations and one of the underlying reasons for this can be how organizations work with their employer brand. Because of this, we have looked closer on employer branding from the perspective of organizations, and the effect it might have on failed recruitments. The empirical results from this study shows that the image that organizations mediate during their employer branding activities is of great importance for recruiting the right kind of employees into the organization. These results find theoretical support that stresses the weight of congruence between the individual and the organization, because there is a major risk of non-congruence if the wrong image of the organisation has been mediated. The result of this study contributes to an understanding of how employer branding can reduce the risk of failed recruitments.
Den konkurrens om arbetskraft som idag råder på arbetsmarknaden tvingar organisationer till åtgärder för att bättre matcha sina konkurrenter. Employer branding är en sådan åtgärd som under de senaste åren har skjutit i höjden sett till praktisk tillämpning. Inom den akademiska litteraturen är begreppet employer branding relativt nytt, vilket torde vara orsaken till den brist på forskning som finns inom ämnet. Med stöd i empiri har vi studerat och diskuterat en bortglömd aspekt av rekryteringsprocessen som vi bedömer viktig sett utifrån det employer branding arbete som organisationer idag gör. Felrekryteringar utgör idag ett stort problem för organisationer och en bakomliggande orsaken till detta kan vara hur organisationer arbetar med sitt employer brand. Vi har därför tittat närmare på employer branding utifrån organisationernas perspektiv och den påverkan det i slutändan har på felrekryteringar. Det empiriska materialet från denna studie visar på att den bild som organisationer förmedlar i sitt arbete med employer branding är av stor vikt för huruvida rätt personer kommer in i organisationen. Detta resultat finner även stöd i teorin som hävdar vikten av överensstämmelse mellan individ och organisation på flera olika plan, eftersom det är stor risk att denna överensstämmelse uteblir om fel bild av organisationen förmedlas. Studien bidrar därmed till en förståelse för hur employer branding kan minska risken för felrekryteringar.

Abstract Due to the current competition in the labour market, organizations are forced to take actions if they are to stay competitive. Employer branding is a competitive strategy that have skyrocketed in practice in recent years. In the academic literature, the concept of employer branding is also fairly new which explains the lack of research on the subject. With empirical support, we have studied an overlooked aspect of the recruitment process that we think is important from the basis of the employer branding activities that organizations today are involved in. Failed recruitments are today a growing matter of concern for organizations and one of the underlying reasons for this can be how organizations work with their employer brand. Because of this, we have looked closer on employer branding from the perspective of organizations, and the effect it might have on failed recruitments. The empirical results from this study shows that the image that organizations mediate during their employer branding activities is of great importance for recruiting the right kind of employees into the organization. These results find theoretical support that stresses the weight of congruence between the individual and the organization, because there is a major risk of non-congruence if the wrong image of the organisation has been mediated. The result of this study contributes to an understanding of how employer branding can reduce the risk of failed recruitments.

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Milne, Claire. "Employees' experience of job satisfaction within a successful organisation." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007639.

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In the present organisational climate characterised by intense competition, the success of an organisation is increasingly dependent on its employees' expertise and knowledge (Carrel, Elbert, Hatfield, Grobler, Marx & Van der Schyf, 1997). Employees need to be motivated to contribute to the organisation's goals, for their knowledge and expertise to benefit an organisation (Lawler III, 1994). Organisations need to foster a situation in which employees have a positive attitude towards work and are able to benefit personally through directing their effort towards organisational goals. (Robbins, 2000) This study focuses on an organisation that has managed to link job satisfaction with organisational gain, and explores the link between these two subjects. A case study of a South African mining operation is reported on, and examined in-depth. The mine, a successful operation in terms of productivity, is recognised by its holding company as exemplary and is competing with the best base metal producers in the world. The research was conducted in two stages. The first stage consisted of 20 semi-structured individual interviews. Ten employees were selected from both the lower employee-levels and the higher employee-levels. The individual interviews focused on the experience of working at the mine with particular reference to interpersonal dynamics, job satisfaction, leadership style, and reward systems. During the second stage of the research, focus groups were conducted with two groups of seven employees each, one group from the lower-levels and one from the higher-levels. The focus groups aimed at obtaining a deeper understanding of the issues that emerged from the individual interviews. Grounded theory analysis was used during both the first, and second phase of the study. The results indicated that the mine's employees experience a high level fulfilment of higher-order needs, and that this experience is a reaction to the mine's performance enhancing culture. It is further shown that the same factors that create job satisfaction, when applied in excess, or in certain circumstances may lead to dissatisfaction within the same context.

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Dove, Jean Tracy. "Establishing effective organisational coaching strategies." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/496.

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To enable a business to grow and to uplift the economic and social development of its employees, it is vital that skills are provided to individuals. Businesses today strive to retain employees, as their skills learnt, prove to be a valuable asset that takes years to replace. For this reason, all means available are utilised to retain employees in the workplace. The term coaching is a relatively newcomer to the world of business and is seen to take a holistic view of the individual and focuses on work, corporate values, personal needs and career development. The main objective of this study was to identify coaching strategies that can be implemented by organisations in order to ensure the retention and development of employees. Businesses have to rely on employees to help them achieve financial growth, outperform their competitors, produce innovative products and to achieve long-term goals. These tasks would be impossible to achieve if the interests of employees were neglected. It was established from the literature survey that the coaching style of leadership involved more than simply training managers in coaching skills. A whole new coaching culture needed to be implemented in businesses in order to bring about change. Coachees rely on effective coachers to provide guidance and to demonstrate the skills needed. Based on various models in the literature survey a coaching model was formulated. The empirical survey was conducted at five selected companies in the Buffalo City Municipal area. A theoretical model for organisational coaching was developed and tested by means of a questionnaire. It emerged that employees at lower levels had not been involved in any form of coaching.

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Doody, Sarah-Jane Patricia. "High-involvement work systems : their effect on employee turnover and organisational performance in New Zealand organisations." Master's thesis, Lincoln University. Commerce Division, 2007. http://theses.lincoln.ac.nz/public/adt-NZLIU20080125.192821/.

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Organisations can create a competitive advantage through the way they design their human resource systems. High involvement work systems are considered to be a way to increase organisational performance and decrease employee turnover. However, the components involved are difficult and complex to define, and the synergy amongst the different components hard to evaluate. The literature suggests that the research is not uniform in its approach, and most research does not clearly define the variables involved or agree on the expected results of such systems. This research looks at high involvement work systems in the New Zealand organisational context, and relating these systems to employee turnover and organisational performance. The results of the study suggest that there does not appears to be a relationship between high involvement work systems, and employee turnover and organisational performance; but high involvement systems may contribute to increased labour productivity in New Zealand organisations.

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Doody, Sarah-jane P. "High-involvement work systems : their effect on employee turnover and organisational performance in New Zealand organisations." Diss., Lincoln University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/271.

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Organisations can create a competitive advantage through the way they design their human resource systems. High involvement work systems are considered to be a way to increase organisational performance and decrease employee turnover. However, the components involved are difficult and complex to define, and the synergy amongst the different components hard to evaluate. The literature suggests that the research is not uniform in its approach, and most research does not clearly define the variables involved or agree on the expected results of such systems. This research looks at high involvement work systems in the New Zealand organisational context, and relating these systems to employee turnover and organisational performance. The results of the study suggest that there does not appear to be a relationship between high involvement work systems, and employee turnover and organisational performance; but high involvement systems may contribute to increased labour productivity in New Zealand organisations.

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Vargas, Anamaria, and Pietro Antonio Negro. "Driving organisational culture change for sustainability. Employee engagement as means to fully embed sustainability into organisations." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21729.

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When integrating sustainability, companies are often overlooking the changes needed in their organisational culture. This hinders organisations’ core business to efficiently embed sustainability and dooms corporate sustainability initiatives to be superficial. A possible solution is for organisations to develop a sustainability- oriented organisational culture that engages employees with the sustainability change and that develops a leadership supportive of the engagement of their employees. As a result, this thesis aims at exploring how organisations can change their organisational culture in order to fully integrate sustainability by engaging employees and managers. Specifically, it studies how employee engagement can contribute to transforming organizational cultures to fully embed sustainability. Additionally, this paper analyses how managers can support employee engagement with sustainability. The thesis conducts a literature review to set the theoretical foundations; it further resorts to semi-structured interviews and document analysis conducted in a Swedish public company, which has begun to integrate sustainability into its culture. The study finds that organisations’ cultures are being changed at the artifact levels and, partially, at the values and beliefs level of their cultures. Additionally, the thesis establishes that organisations are failing to create the conditions for employee engagement. It finally shows that leadership in companies is not efficiently supporting the engagement of employees to integrate sustainability into their culture.

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Nqubane, Rirhandzu Milder. "Organisational support, role clarity, job insecurity and organisational commitment of employees in a petrochemical organisation / Rirhandzu Milder Nqubane." Thesis, North-West University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/686.

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Organisations have been under enormous pressure due to the changes that they are constantly faced with. Most organisations have at some stage been involved in restructuring, laying-off of employees, and outsourcing of non-core business activities with the aim of coping with the change process. When organisations go through these changes, they still need to support their employees. They must ensure that the employees' roles are clarified, and that they feel secure in their jobs in order to improve their commitment to the organisation. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between perceived organisational support, role clarity, job insecurity and organisational commitment. Employees from a business unit in a petrochemical organisation were targeted for this research. The study population included employees from managerial, non-managerial and specialist categories. A cross-sectional design was used to achieve the research objectives. Measures of Perceived Organisational Support (POSQ), Role Clarity (RCQ), Job Insecurity (JIQ), Affective Organisational Commitment (OCQ) and a biographical questionnaire were administered for the study. The statistical analysis was carried out with the help of the SPSS program as well as the AMOS program. Pearson product-moment correlations indicated that when perceived organisational support increases, affective organisational commitment and role clarity will also increase. When perceived organisational support increases, role conflict and job insecurity will Vll decrease. Affective organisational commitment as well as role clarity is predicted by perceived organisational support. MANOYA analysis indicated that male employees experience higher levels of role conflict than their female counterparts. It seems that employees in first line management and professional categories experience significantly higher levels of perceived role conflict than employees in lower level positions. Employees in non-management positions experience significantly higher levels of affective job insecurity than employees in senior management positions. Employees in senior management positions experience significantly lower levels of cognitive job insecurity than employees in non-management positions. Recommendations were made for future research.
Thesis (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2008.

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Eneroth, Madeleine, and Maria Grüner. "Så blir organisationer attraktiva arbetsgivare för nyutexaminerade studenter : En kvalitativ studie om employer branding." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-43657.

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Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur anställda som arbetar med employer branding i Jönköpings Län upplever arbetet, samt hur de arbetar med att attrahera och rekrytera högskolestudenter efter examen. Studien var av en kvalitativ ansats och underlaget utgjordes av semistrukturerade intervjuer. Ett kriteriebaserat urval applicerades och totalt deltog femton respondenter fördelade på tio organisationer. Det insamlade materialet analyserades genom tematisk analys och resulterade i tre huvudteman: Avsaknad av övergripande employer branding-strategi, frustration och individanpassat jobberbjudande. Resultatet visade att det fanns stora skillnader gällande hur employer branding arbetet prioriterades inom organisationerna samt en polarisering av hur strukturerat och strategiskt arbetet var. Avsaknaden av en enhetlig och övergripande employer branding-strategi skapade frustration hos deltagande respondenter. Det fanns en medvetenhet i organisationerna om att studenter och nyexaminerade främst tenderar att efterfråga symboliska attribut när de söker arbete, vilket överensstämmer med tidigare forskning.

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Saunders, John. "An assessment of the relationship between organisational climate and organisational commitment within the IT department of a telecommunications company." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003849.

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The main objective of this study was to assess the relationship between organisational climate and organisational commitment within the Information Technology department of a South African Telecommunications company. Firstly, the research considered the organisational climate from a qualitative perspective. Research interviews that were based on organisational climate literature were performed with 4 members of the relevant department. Qualitative data analysis revealed several themes. The themes highlighted include: perceived ineffective structure and decision-making; lack of mistake tolerance; risk aversion by employees; recognition and reward systems perceived to be inadequate; performance management is perceived to be ineffective and inadequate; Employee Share Options Program (ESOP) perceived to have a negative influence on employee behaviours; the nature of the social environment perceived to be unfriendly; low level of knowledge and skills sharing; inadequate human resource management practices; These findings highlight the importance of certain aspects within the environment that influence employee perceptions. Organisational climate literature suggests that organisational climate has various behavioral influences and its consideration is essential in the effective functioning of the organisation. Secondly, the research considered the relationship between organisational climate and organisational commitment within the relevant department. The Patterson et al. (2005) Organisational Climate Measure (OCM®) and Meyer and Allen (1991) Organisational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ) were used to assess the relationship between organisational climate and organisational commitment, respectively. Significant correlations were found between integration, pressure to produce, innovation, supervisory support, reflexivity, clarity, involvement, autonomy, welfare and tradition, and both affective and normative commitment, Training was only significantly correlated to affective commitment. No significant correlations were found with continuance commitment.

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Md-Zain, Ali-Yusob. "Quality of worklife and organisational commitment : a study of non-supervisory employees in Malaysian organisations." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1996. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21511.

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Organisational commitment has been suggested as a function of the degree of integration and congruence of individual and organisational goals and values. The more employees can satisfy their needs through work, the more they will be committed to an organisation. The organisational conditions that influence such need satisfaction are generally known as quality of worklife (QWL). The purpose of the study was to examine the relative importance and perceived presence of factors associated with QWL, their relationships with organisational commitment (OC), and demographic patterns of their relationships for nonsupervisory employees in Malaysia. Underlying questions explored were the crosscultural universality of theories of QWL and OC and their utility for management policy and action. The research instrument employed was a survey questionnaire in the Malaysian language based on Western models of QWL and OC and using Likert scaling. Usable responses were obtained from 672 employees in 671 organisations. Statistical analysis was carried out using factor analysis, t-test, analysis of variance and multiple regressions. The Western model and measures of affective, normative and continuance commitment were generally supported, but two sub-factors emerged for continuance commitment relating to cost of leaving and lack of alternatives. The collectivist nature of Malaysian culture emerged as an important determinant of QWL and, in turn, OC. The most important QWL factors were workplace integration, work environmenta nd supervision. The first two of these were perceived as those most present. Different demographic relationships emerged between affective, normative and continuance commitment and QWL. Indicators for changing management policies and action to improve QWL and hence OC among non-supervisory employees in Malaysia concern work environment, workplace integration and the social relevance of work. The equity of pay and benefits, though itself an unimportant QWL factor, was also related to affective commitment.

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Knox-Davies, Barrie. "The extent to which a learning organisation culture influences employee engagement in two service based organisations in the property sector of South Africa." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23452.

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Increasingly the competitiveness of organisations will depend on the level of service and quality of experience offered by the employees of the organisation. In short, it is the employees within an organisation that define how successful the organisation can be to the market. The opportunity to outperform competitors lies in the ability to innovate quicker, respond faster and better understand the needs of the consumer, in so doing, becoming the organisation that creates the next trend rather than follow it. The key to achieving outstanding performance, driving both bottom-line revenue and sustained growth in the long term is in harnessing the collective knowledge latent within the organisation and freely available just beyond the organisation in the external context. This can only be done through developing a strong Learning Organisational Culture. The impact this has on the organisation is in improving employee engagement providing the catalyst in which employees perform at an optimum, minimising the unproductive cycles of the organisation resulting from employee turnover, lost intellectual capital and general employee apathy. The study provides evidence that Learning Organisation Culture is positively correlated with Employee Engagement. Copyright 2010, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. Please cite as follows: Knox-Davies, B 2010, The extent to which a learning organisation culture influences employee engagement in two service based organisations in the property sector of South Africa, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03242012-174550 / > F12/4/208/zw
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Coomer, Karen. "Work ability as a risk marker of employee health and organisational effectiveness in four UK manufacturing organisations." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44382/.

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Work ability (WA) concerns a worker’s capacity to manage their job demands in relation to their physical and psychological resources. Over the last decade, the WA construct and its associated measurement instrument, the Work Ability Index (WAI), have become established within occupational health practice in several countries, particularly within Scandinavia. One consequence of this is that occupational health researchers have begun to utilise WA in the prediction of worker health and operational effectiveness outcomes. Anecdotal evidence suggests that occupational health professionals in the United Kingdom (UK) have begun to use, or express interest in using, WA because of its increasingly widespread use in research, the gradual accumulation of information from Scandinavia on its potential for application within occupational health practice, and challenges presented to occupational health by an ageing workforce. In response, the first study in this thesis concerns a survey of UK (n = 436) and Finnish (n = 97) occupational health practitioners centred on their awareness, understanding, and application of WA in occupational health practice. Comparisons are drawn between the two countries to highlight possible areas for development in the use of WA in UK-based occupational health practice. There is a paucity of WA research derived from the UK and manufacturing contexts. As such, the extent to which the WA construct might have utility in these contexts remains unclear. In response, the second study in this thesis concerns a cross-sectional survey of employees drawn from four UK manufacturing organisations (n = 311). The study centres on relations between work ability on the one hand and individual health (psychological distress, job stress, job satisfaction) and organisational effectiveness indices (work engagement, sickness absence) on the other. The predictive influence of personality constructs – core self-evaluation and the Big Five – is also examined. To address some of the limitations of cross-sectional research, the third study offers a longitudinal examination of these relationships involving a 19-month time lag (n = 74). Within the last five years, a number of researchers have sought to examine the relative utility of different versions of the WAI. As with most WA research, this has derived primarily from Scandinavia. The relative utility of different versions of the instrument in the UK and manufacturing contexts remains unclear. In response, the final study in the thesis compares a multi-item and single item version of the WAI in the UK manufacturing sector in terms of the prediction of individual health and operational effectiveness outcomes. This thesis concludes that there is a lack of understanding and use of the WA construct in UK occupational health practice. Work ability, and to a lesser extent the personality constructs, were found to be related to workers’ health, well-being, and organisational effectiveness. Finally, it was found that the two versions of the WAI instrument differed in terms of their predictive validity. The results of this thesis are discussed in light of their application to the development of theory, research, and occupational health practice.

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Mncunzwa, Gcobisa. "Exploring employees' need for the development of an employee assistance programme at a welfare organisation." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/5554.

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The study was conducted in order to determine the employee needs for an employee assistance programme in a welfare organisation in East London, Eastern Cape. This study was born out of a need from the management of this welfare organisation in East London who identified a need for an employee assistance Programme (EAP) within their organisation. According to management, there was a decline in productivity, and high stress levels due to high caseloads and societal demands (Leeuw, May 15, 2015). The theoretical framework that guided this research was systems theory. The rationale for using systems theory is that this study deals with individuals within an organisation who must coexist on a daily basis. There is a general belief that people and their physical-social-cultural environment interact in processes of mutual reciprocity and complementary exchanges (Merton, 2009). A qualitative approach was used in this study. Eight (8) employees from various levels in a welfare organisation were purposively selected to participate in the study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the participants and the interviews took more than forty-five (45) minutes each and this enabled the acquisition of rich information which is described in the findings and is used as a basis for the recommendations in the study. After the examination of the needs of employees for an EAP from the observations of both the employer and the employee it was clear that there is a need for employee assistance programmes in welfare organisations. Employees in this organisation are experiencing stress, burnout and were highly concerned about high caseloads that makes them feel incompetent to render adequate and quality services to their employees. The study also revealed that both employees and management of this organisation have different needs, experience different types of problems and view the EAP in different contexts. Despite the differences in their outlook on the situation, the evidence indicates that both employer and employee perceive that there is a need for an EAP, especially clinical services. At the same time, the issue of funding such a programme is also a concern. Recommendations were made for the organisation to develop an EAP to address the needs identified by employees, and for a clear communication strategy be developed to make all levels of employees within the organisation aware of the existence of such a programme. Another recommendation was made for the organisation to identify specific days on which they will conduct preventative awareness and debriefing sessions for the employees. It was also recommended that the South African Council for Social Services Professionals must standardise, regulate and monitor caseloads for the social work profession.

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Foot, Kirsten Joan. "An exploration of factors that impact on levels of employee satisfaction and organisational performance : an organisational diagnosis." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007951.

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Organisations today, regardless of their function, exist in an environment that is characterised by change. In order to maintain a competitive advantage it is vital that organisations manage such change and are sensitive to their human resource. It is imperative for organisations to understand and explore the factors that impact on employee satisfaction and overall organisational performance. The hospitality industry is an industry that is notorious for low levels of pay and long working hours, and often dissatisfied employees. This research focused on a hotel, that is part of an international chain of hotels, which has recently undergone a rebranding process (a change from within). This research aimed to assess and explore factors that impact on levels of employee satisfaction and organisation/hotel performance, in other words it aimed to 'diagnose' the hotel's current status. The research was conducted in two phases. Phase one made use of a widely used measure of job satisfaction, the job descriptive index (JDI), that looked at five facets of job satisfaction namely: pay, opportunity for promotion, co-workers, supervision and the nature of work. Phase two further explored the results of the JDI (staff being very dissatisfied with pay and promotions opportunity) and further explored other areas of the organisation/hotel with the use of an organisational development model, Weisbord's Six-Box Model (1990). The 'boxes' included areas of purpose, structure, relationships, leadership, rewards and helpful mechanisms. These areas were explored with staff using focus groups. Heads of departments (management) and the deputy general manager of the hotel were interviewed using a semi-structured interview format, exploring similar issues to those researched with staff. Results indicated problems in the hotel with regard to purpose, a severe lack of communication and staff feeling they have little chance for promotion as well as pay structures being perceived as unfair. The overall leadership at the hotel was described as erratic, and relationships between management revealed high levels of mistrust. Due to limited research in the South African hospitality industry, much of the literature available is based on experiences in the United States of America or the United Kingdom. For this research, the researcher had few previous published findings and was unsure of the many issues that could possibly arise. However, the intervention was enjoyable and recommendations have been provided for the hotel to consider, so the hotel can go from "good to great".

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Sitlington, Helen. "Impact of downsizing, restructuring and knowledge sharing on retention of knowledge in organisations : implications for organisational effectiveness." Curtin University of Technology, Curtin Graduate School of Business, 2008. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=18868.

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This research considers the organisational factors and processes that impact on knowledge retention and subsequent perceptions of organisational effectiveness during downsizing/restructuring events. By exploring these relationships, the research seeks to help organisations facing downsizing/restructuring to identify best practices to support employees during the process and achieve positive organisational outcomes. The thesis presents a detailed review of the literature in the field of downsizing and organisational restructuring, together with knowledge, knowledge sharing and organisational effectiveness. A conceptual framework and hypotheses, informed through the literature and qualitative focus group process, were developed for testing. Data were collected from 81 organisations, drawn from both the private and public sectors. Analyses enabled detailed consideration of the impact of perceived levels of organisational knowledge on perceptions of post-downsizing/restructuring organisational effectiveness. The significance of relationships between downsizing/restructuring events, both decisions and processes, and knowledge sharing in organisations undergoing downsizing/restructuring were also examined. Findings indicate the need for open and honest relationships between managerial (Decision Makers and Implementers) and non-managerial employees (Affected Employees) in order to achieve successful organisational outcomes. The impact of knowledge sharing on organisational knowledge was assessed by studying the extent of both formal knowledge sharing and informal networks present in respondent organisations. The direct impact of knowledge sharing on organisational outcomes was also analysed and discussed.
Conclusions are reached that both formal knowledge sharing and informal networks have a significant impact not only on perceived levels of organisational knowledge but also on post-downsizing/restructuring organisational effectiveness. However, different aspects of knowledge sharing appear to be more significant to Decision Makers and Implementers and Affected Employees. For business, the findings of this research demonstrate a need to concentrate on organisational knowledge during downsizing/restructuring in order to achieve improved outcomes. The findings suggest this can be done through attention to ensuring that intent and interpretation of the decisions and processes involved are open and honest. Assessment of the knowledge present in the organisation and a focus on retention of key individuals with important knowledge is also advisable. Communication of what is planned and inclusion of employees in both planning and implementation were identified as ways in which organisations can do so, thereby promoting distributive and procedural fairness throughout the process. Formal knowledge sharing strategies arose as being important to achieving improved organisational outcomes, particularly to Decision Makers and Implementers. These strategies included identifying, capturing and storing information in ways that are accessible to employees. Documentation of practices and procedures was also found to be important as was careful planning of the change.
Communication, providing training and support to survivors and allowing the necessary time for sharing knowledge were also identified as key strategies. Overall, developing a culture and climate within the organisation that is supportive of knowledge sharing was found to be central to achieving improved organisational effectiveness. Informal networks were identified by Affected Employees as impacting on both perceived levels of organisational knowledge and, indirectly on organisational outcomes. The research indicates the Decision Makers and Implementers and Affected Employees have different perceptions about the role and importance of informal networks. Those implementing downsizing/restructuring may therefore need to examine the structure and operation of informal networks prior to downsizing/restructuring to ensure they are adequately supported during the process. Informal networks may also be utilised to assist in bringing about the change. The findings of this research are important to assist organisations develop best practice approaches to downsizing/restructuring. With increasing acceptance of downsizing/restructuring as a business strategy, this research provides insights into key issues of downsizing/restructuring events and knowledge retention as predictors of improved organisational outcomes.

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Shologu, Anita. "Employee perceptions of organisational culture constructs in selected non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Cape Town, Western Cape Province." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2876.

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Thesis (MTech (Business Administration))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019.
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are perceived to be poorly performing partly due to their culture; the constructs of NGOs’ culture usually affect employees’ commitment and performance negatively, leading employees to leave the organisation. This discourages and demoralises employees’ mind sets to perform as expected which affects NGOs’ productivity, goals and competitiveness in a negative way. The study investigated employee perceptions in organisational culture constructs to selected NGOs in Cape Town in order to generate valuable information in understanding the role of organisational culture in the achievement of organisational objectives in NGOs. Mixed methods approach was used in this study as it allowed collecting of qualitative and quantitative data simultaneously and assessing different facets of complex outcomes in a richer way than one method alone. The study found that culture is set to boost employees’ and organisations’ performance, and that managers and owners in NGOs have knowledge of this. The study revealed that some criteria such as openness and the creativity view of the organisational culture are only considered positive to managers and owners of NGOs. This study found that managers and owners in NGOs believe the implemented organisational culture is very effective, positively affects and boosts employees’ performance. The employees, however, had a different perception; they feel excluded from the development of the organisational culture which in turn affects their commitment and performance in a negative manner. This study found that employees’ commitment towards organisational culture derives from the way it is designed and how it suits employees’ expectations. Aspects such as remuneration, a safe work environment and sustainability, were found to be important for employees’ performance and commitment. Therefore, it is evident that directing or developing NGOs’ organisational culture that focus on employees’ expectation such as remuneration and sustainable employees’ innovation and practice will receive more support from employees. Furthermore, the criteria are keen to improve the way employees perform and commit to the organisation. It was recommended that NGOs involve employees in the design or development of its organisational culture in order to have more information on employees regarding what to expect from them. Another major implication is that the issue of employee benefit or remuneration have to be addressed in order to maintain employees’ performance.

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Cutajar, Beverly. "The impact of organisational culture on the management of employees' talents : the case of Maltese ICT organisations." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/28229.

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Organisational culture is one key phenomenon that was investigated both in comparative ways as well as an influence on various management mechanisms and systems, in academic and practitioner literature. Talent management is one such mechanism that has attracted debate in practitioner domains, although academic research is lacking. This study investigates the effect of organisational culture on employee talent management, taking the case of Malta based ICT companies. It includes a review of literature about organisational culture and structure, agency and talent management, exploring gaps in literature that call for further research. In addressing one such gap, this study reports the findings established in research conducted among identified stakeholders who are related to the Maltese ICT sector. It presents the views discovered through qualitative interviews among senior and middle management in ICT firms. These views are compared and contrasted against the findings made from a quantitative investigation involving a self-completion survey, in which, 79 managers and 128 employees engaged in ICT firms in Malta participated. The main findings suggest that most organisations do not have a culture built around a clear set of values. Secondly, there is no talent structure based on HR practices that feeds into the business strategy. Thirdly, this research found no evidence of measurement of the return on investment of talent among the Maltese ICT firms participating in this study. These findings support some of the theoretical issues presented in the literature review that show the lack of guiding principles around talent and the impact of organisational culture on the management of talents. The recommendations presented in this study show how organisations can embrace a culture focusing on creating a talent “mindset” for effective talent optimisation that enhances performance and productivity.

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Zhai, Xiaofeng. "The role of human resource practices in enhancing employees' behaviours and organisational learning in Chinese construction organisations." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2010. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7104.

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Construction is complex and comprises a multitude of knowledge-driven activities and business interests from participating organisations with the people involved being subject to different organisational and disciplinary practices. People are fundamental to success because human capabilities in learning, innovating and changing creative directions are vital to long term development of organisations. In the last two decades, researchers have found that human resource (HR) management has positive effects on the organisational performance. However, the processes through which HR management lead to organisational performance are contested. This research proposes a framework to investigate the effects of employees' behaviours and organisational learning on organisational performance and the impacts of HR practices on those effects in the context of Chinese construction enterprises. The research design adopts a multi-method approach, integrating positivism and interpretivism, to understand the complex relationship between HR practices, organisational learning, individual behaviour, and organisational performance. By consulting two experienced academic researchers and industry experts, the pilot study improves the understanding and implementation of the measurement instruments employed. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches are adopted in data collection and analysis: 326 valid respondents through questionnaire survey are received, and structural equation modelling is adopted to test individual behaviour and organisational learning as mediating variables of the relationship between HR practices and organisational performance respectively. Middle-level managers in Chinese construction firms are interviewed, and a cognitive map is produced to reveal the possible mediating variables and the cause-effect relationships between organisational learning and individual behaviour. The cause-effect route identified from the cognitive map is tested by structural equation modelling method, i.e., individual in-role behaviour as a mediating variable between organisational learning and performance. In conclusion, from the theoretical perspective, the results reveal the following. (1) Individual in-role behaviour has highly significantly positive effect on organisational performance. Organisational learning has very highly significantly positive effect on organisational performance. Both individual in-role behaviour and organisational learning have mediating effects on the relationship between HR practices and organisational performance. (2) HR practices positively affect individual in-role behaviour indirectly through organisational learning. Individual in-role behaviour mediates the relationship between organisational learning and organisational performance. (3) HR practices also affect organisational performance via the path-way of social capital, individual perceived organisational support, organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB), and co-worker productivity. For the practical implications, Chinese construction companies should implement the following to improve organisational performance. (1) Recognize the importance of employees' in-role behaviour, and design HR practices to motivate employees to apply their knowledge, skills and abilities in job-related performance, and to retain qualified and experienced staff. (2) View organisational learning as an important component of competitive advantage in the process of organisational development, and motivate and enhance organisational learning by the employment of HR practices and the creation of social capital. (3) Recognize the importance of OCBI (i.e. organisational citizenship behaviour directed toward the benefit of other individuals), and try to elicit employees' OCBI by improving employees' perceived organisational support.

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Ifabua, A. "Effects of organisational policies and practices on job satisfaction among employees of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs)." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2009. http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/348/.

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Since International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) gained United Nations’ recognition in the 1950s, they have continued to grow in stature as key global players. Consequently, a lot of research attention has been devoted to the global influence of INGOs and the management challenges that they face. Despite steady increase in the number of research publications that focus on a wide range of INGO issues, employee job satisfaction has yet to receive serious research attention. This study seeks to fill that gap by examining forms and levels of job satisfaction among INGO employees in the United Kingdom and Africa. The study explores the influence of INGO mission, culture, structure and HRM policies and practices on employee job satisfaction. The questions addressed in this research focus on how employees perceive their jobs and the performance of INGOs in executing corporate missions, application of principles and values, working relations between headquarters and field locations and HRM policies and practices. Data collection involved 35 in-depth interviews with employees in various INGOs in the UK and Africa. The secondary method for data collection is questionnaire administration. Findings from this research contribute to what is currently known about job satisfaction in the INGO sector. Interpreting accounts of work experiences through dialectical mechanisms represents a unique and dynamic approach to the study of job satisfaction. Furthermore, the finding that effective application of corporate principles and values remains a critical factor as far as job satisfaction among INGO employees is concerned challenges the thinking that ‘corporatisation’ and ‘professionalization’ have robbed the sector of its values.

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Borghi, Paolo. "Self-employed collective representation." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/22017.

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Diese Arbeit untersucht in einer vergleichenden Perspektive das neu entstehende Feld der Vertretung der Selbständigen in Italien und Deutschland. Dabei stehen sowohl die traditionellen als auch die neuen Organisationen und ihre Vertretungsstrategien im Mittelpunkt. Der theoretische Ansatz basiert auf der Idee, dass sowohl die neuen als auch die traditionellen Organisationen in das gleiche neu entstehende strategische Handlungsfeld eingebunden sind (Fligstein & McAdam, 2012). Der Begriff des Feldes wird ausgehend von der bahnbrechenden Arbeit von Pierre Bourdieu über den theoretischen Ansatz, der von der Neo-Institutionalistischen Schule vertreten wird, erörtert. Die Theorie der neu auftauchenden "strategischen Handlungsfelder" wurde durch die von Barbara Czarniawska (1992, 2004, 2009) vorgeschlagene ethnographische Perspektive auf komplexe Organisationen ergänzt, um die Gründe und Motivationen für deren Entscheidungen und Standpunkte vollständig zu verstehen. In dieser Hinsicht war der klassische Ansatz zur Untersuchung von Organisationen, der sich auf den Sensmaking-Prozess konzentriert (Weick, 1979, 1995, 2009), grundlegend. Formen, Strukturen, Regeln, die die Organisationen sowie ihre Ressourcen bestimmen, wurden ebenfalls berücksichtigt. Danach wurden die Vertretungsstrategien sowohl innerhalb verschiedener Organisationen im gleichen Land als auch zwischen ähnlichen Organisationen in Italien und Deutschland analysiert und verglichen. Das äußere Umfeld, das von Verbündeten, Gegnern und anderen relevanten Akteuren wie öffentlichen Institutionen besetzt wird, wurde aus der Sicht der Hauptakteure und durch die Analyse von Dokumenten berücksichtigt. Schließlich wurde die städtische Dimension, eine der relevanten Variablen, die den Strukturierungsprozess der Vertretung der Selbständigen beeinflussen, berücksichtigt.
This work explores, in a comparative perspective, the emerging field of self-employment representation in Italy and Germany. In doing so the traditional organizations and the new ones are the main focus as well their representation strategies. The theoretical approach is based on the idea that both new organisations and the traditional ones are involved in the same emerging strategic action field (Fligstein & McAdam, 2012). The concept of field is discussed starting from the seminal work of Pierre Bourdieu, passing through the theoretical approach promoted by the Neo-Institutionalist School. The theory of emerging ‘strategic action fields’ has been complemented by the ethnographic perspective on complex organizations proposed by Barbara Czarniawska (1992, 2004, 2009) in order to fully understand the reasons and motivations for their choices made and their positions. In this regard, the classic approach to the study of organizations that focuses on the sensmaking process (Weick, 1979, 1995, 2009) was fundamental. Shapes, structures, rules governing the organisations as well as their resources have also been considered. After that the representations strategies have been analysed and compared both within different organisations in the same country and between similar organisations in Italy and Germany. The external environment populated by allies, enemies and other relevant players such as public institutions has been taken into account through the point of view of the key actors and through the analysis of documents. Finally the urban dimension, one of the relevant variable that influence the structuring process of self-employment representation has been considered.

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Leung, Wei Lue. "Individualism, organisational identification and performance : evidence from Southern China." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2019. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/632.

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Applying the theoretical perspective of organisational identification (OI), in this thesis I explore how rising individualistic cultural values (ICVs) of employees affect their work performance in service industry of South China. I consider leader-member exchange (LMX) and its moderating effect on the association between rising ICVs and OI of employees, which may affect their performance. The hypotheses are tested using data collected from a large Hong Kong owned organisation in the hospitality industry in South China. The data show that ICV has a negative relationship with OI, which in turn can cause poorer employee performance of young generation workforce. The data also show that a relationship approach such as LMX can moderate the negative association between ICV and OI. From the empirical findings, there are practical implications for people management in South China business operations.

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Bempong, Bernard Franklin. "The impact of leadership and a series of organisational factors on employee performance : a survey of organisations in Ghana." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2014. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/377610/.

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Swartz, Natasha Lizette. "The relationship between transformational leadership, employee engagement and intention to quit among employees at a selected organisation." University of the Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7996.

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Masters of Commerce
Organisations should focus their attention on strategies that mitigate the intention to quit of employees, this can be achieved through creating an environment that is favourably disposed to an efficient and engaged workforce and by driving transformational leadership approaches. Recognising the immense value of human capital and the devastating effects linked to the loss of valued employees, organisations should direct their focus on effective ways to deal with undesirable staff turnover issues. In the present challenging economic times, organisations and researchers are increasingly exploring factors that could contribute to retaining talent and improve leadership as well as employee engagement practices to optimise organisational outcomes through employees’ talent. The present study sought to contribute to existing research pertaining to transformational leadership, employee engagement and intention to quit, by observing the variables in a service sector environment. The main objective of the research study was to determine the nature of the relationships among the variables on a sample of employees at a selected organisation. An online questionnaire was sent to 296 possible respondents by means of an electronic link. Out of these, 206 questionnaires were used for analysis. Employees were selected to participate in the study by means of convenience sampling. Four questionnaires were used to gather data namely, a self-developed biographical questionnaire, the Multi-Factor Leadership Questionnaire developed by Avolio and Bass (1995), the Utrecht’s Work Engagement Scale developed by Schaufeli and Bakker (2003) and the Turnover Intention Scale developed by Roodt (2004). Statistical analysis of the data was performed by using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26 and the LISREL 8.80 software program. Item and dimensional analyses were executed on the subscales to identify poor items and to ensure uni-dimensionality of the subscales. In order to test the hypotheses structural equation modelling was used. The multiple regression analytical technique was used to identify the variable that explains the most variance in intention to quit. The research results indicated that a positive relationship between transformational leadership and employee engagement exist. There were significant, negative relationships between transformational leadership and intention to quit and between employee engagement and intention to quit. Regression analysis indicated that employee engagement had a more significant impact on intention to quit than transformational leadership. The limitations of the study and future recommendations for the organisation are discussed.

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Martin, Angela Jayne, and n/a. "Employee Adjustment During Organisational Change: The Role of Climate, Organisational Level and Occupation." Griffith University. School of Applied Psychology (Health), 2002. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20031003.090413.

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The present studies were designed to advance theoretical understanding of employee adjustment during organisational change. There were two broad aims of the thesis. Firstly, the role of organisational climate factors in facilitating employee adjustment during change was examined by testing models based on Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) cognitive-phenomenological account of stress and coping processes. In particular, the concept of coping resources was expanded to examine organisational factors rather than individual attributes. Secondly, the extent to which organisational sub-groups differ in their perceptions of climate and levels of adjustment indicators during change was investigated. The research also aimed to inform diagnostic processes within organisational change management by examining the applied value of the empirical findings of each of the studies. The first two studies were empirical tests of a theoretical model of employee adjustment. Study 1 tested a model of employee adjustment to organisational change that examined employee well-being and job satisfaction as outcomes of positive adjustment during change. Firstly, pilot interviews with 67 hospital employees enabled salient aspects of the organisational climate that may facilitate adjustment during organisational change to be confirmed. Next, 779 employees in the same organisation completed a structured questionnaire that examined their perceptions of organisational coping resources, appraisals of change and adjustment indicators. Confirmatory factor analyses established the sound measurement properties of the proposed model and structural equation analyses provided evidence that supported the majority of theoretical predictions. Overall, the final model showed that employees who had positive perceptions about employee relations within the hospital, strong beliefs about the quality of patient care, and felt supported by their supervisors were more positive in their appraisals of the change and reported better personal adjustment. The effects of climate variables on adjustment were direct and indirect (mediated by change appraisals). A particularly influential variable in the model was the effectiveness of employee relations within the organisation. Study 2 tested a model of employee adjustment to organisational change which examined organisational commitment, turnover intentions and absenteeism as outcomes of positive adjustment during change. Firstly, as in Study 1, pilot interviews with 20 state public sector employees enabled salient elements of the organisational climate that may function as resources for coping with organisational change to be confirmed. Next, 877 employees in the same organisation completed a structured questionnaire that examined their perceptions of organisational coping resources, appraisals of change and adjustment indicators. Like Study 1, confirmatory factor analyses established the sound measurement properties of the proposed model and structural equation analyses provided evidence which supported most of the theoretical predictions. Overall, the final model showed that employees who had positive perceptions about customer service, believed that their leaders communicated a vision for the organisation, and felt supported by their supervisors were more positive in their appraisals of the change and reported better personal adjustment. The effects of climate variables on adjustment were direct and indirect (mediated by change appraisals). The extent to which leaders exhibited a vision for the organisation emerged as an important predictor in the model. Together, the results of studies 1 and 2 provided evidence that organisational climate variables are important predictors of the way employees appraise and respond to organisation change. The next two studies presented were focused on group differences in the model variables from studies 1 and 2. Study 3 investigated group differences in perceptions of climate and levels of adjustment during organisational change as a function of an employee's organisational level. The pilot interviews revealed that an employee's organisational level was the most salient source of sub-group identification in the climate of a public sector department. Survey data from study 2 were analysed using Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA). The responses of 669 public sector employees were grouped into 3 categories: lower, middle and upper level employees. Results revealed that upper level staff reported higher levels of adjustment during change, across a range of indicators. Study 4 investigated occupational group and organisational level differences in perceptions of climate and levels of adjustment during organisational change. The pilot interviews in this organisation revealed that it was an employee's occupational group membership that provided the most salient group delineator in the hospital climate. Survey data from Study 1 were analysed using MANOVA. The responses of 732 hospital employees were grouped into 4 major occupational categories: medical, nursing, allied health and non-clinical staff. Participants were also grouped on the basis of whether they occupied a management or non-management position. Results revealed statistically significant differences between groups and an interaction between occupation and level. Non-clinical staff were less well adjusted during change than other occupational groups. Managers appraised change as more stressful than non-managers, but felt more in control of the situation. Together, the results of Studies 3 and 4 highlighted the importance of examining employee perceptions at the sub-group level when implementing change and indicated the need for interventions to be targeted at the sub-group level. Overall, the research reported in this dissertation extended a theoretical model of employee adjustment to change and improved the application of the model. This outcome was achieved by investigating the role of environmental coping resources drawn from the organisational climate in improving employee adjustment during change and the degree to which groups differed in their perceptions of these variables. Climate and change appraisal factors were linked with a range of important individual/organisational outcomes such as employee well-being, job satisfaction, organisational commitment, turnover intentions and absenteeism. Differences in perceptions of climate and levels of adjustment during change were also observed at the organisational sub-group level. The findings of the research have implications for the effective management of organisational change. Change should be implemented in conjunction with ongoing organisational development processes involving diagnostic research that identifies the elements of climate that employees draw upon for support in the process of adjustment. Interventions should be based on improving and strengthening these resources. Diagnostic processes should also pay attention to the salient groupings of staff within an organisation so that interventions can be targeted specifically to relevant sub-groups.

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Hadzic, Benjamin, and Soto Cristian Valdes. "Employer Branding : En jämförande studie kring fem organisationers employer bradning-arbete i Sverige." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för handel och företagande, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-11288.

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Sammanfattning Titel: Employer branding – En jämförande studie kring fem organisationers employer bradning-arbete i Sverige. Avdelning: Institutionen för handel och företagande, Högskolan i Skövde Författare: Hadzic, Benjamin & Valdes Soto, Cristian Handledare: Christer Thörnqvist Sidor: 1-78 Datum: 2015-05-22 Ämnesord: Employer branding, arbetsgivarvarumärke, organizational commitment, organisationsidentitet, organisationskultur Bakgrund: Employer branding har varit på frammarsch under senare år då arbetskraftens preferenser till stora delar har förändrats tillsammans med en allt hårdare konkurrens mellan olika arbetsgivare om humankapitalet vilket har gjort att organisationer satsar allt mer resurser på att bygga ett starkt arbetsgivarvarumärke. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att bidra till en djupare förståelse kring hur man kan skapa ett organisatoriskt engagemang genom att använda sig av arbetssättet employer branding, samt att bidra med nya insikter kring olika faktorer som kan ha en påverkan på det organisatoriska engagemanget. Metod: Forskningsmetoden som studien är baserad på är kvalitativ, forskningsprocessen är deduktiv och datainsamlingsmetoden utgörs av semistrukturerade intervjuer med respondenter från de olika organisationerna. Slutsats: Aktiviteter, organisationskultur och en tydlig varumärkeskommunikation är tre olika faktorer vilka enligt organisationerna i vår studie kan ha en påverkan på det organisatoriska engagemanget.

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Maierhofer, Naomi Iris. "Linking group values with employee outcomes in organisations /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17963.pdf.

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au, judith marquis@argylediamonds com, and Judith Marquis. "Factors influencing employee perceptions of trust within organisations." Murdoch University, 2002. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20071218.113552.

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Trust is a complex concept and our understanding of what creates, sustains and builds trust within organisations is variable. The purpose of this study was to examine the antecedent factors influencing employee perceptions of trust in organisations, and this was achieved by aggregating qualitative trust data gathered from four surveys conducted in two related mining companies. Analyses of questions that referred to trust in the 'company', produced one set of factors which described generalised leader behaviours and characteristics that influence employee perceptions of trust in leaders throughout their employing company. Analyses of questions that referred to employees' trust in their immediate managers produced factors that described behaviours and characteristics influencing their perceptions of trust in the leader with whom respondents had the most intimate supervisory relationship. Many factors were common to both phases of analysis, but the most frequently described was Open and Honest Communication. Some factors were unique to the company analysis, including Managers' Competencies, Provides Benefits, Safety Obligations, Stability of Managerial Personnel and Profit Motives. Others were unique to the immediate manager analyses and included Confidentiality, Consistency and Predictability, and Role Limitations. Similarities and differences in factors described within company analysis and immediate manager analysis were reconciled to produce six factor groupings. The different factor structure found in the company and immediate manager analyses reflect, to some extent, the impact of hierarchical distance on the basis for trust. Mayer, Davis and Schoorman's (1995) Integrative Model of Organisational Trust was used as a starting point for factor identification and grouping because of its links to previous antecedent factor research. Several factors not represented in that model were extracted. Four factors described leaders' behaviours associated with employee trust: Managers' Competencies, Benevolence, Integrity, and Investment of Role and Task Responsibilities. Propensity to trust was present, but had two subtly different forms. Contextual Factors not represented in Mayer et al.'s, model were also extracted. These factor groups formed the components of an elaborated model of the antecedents of organisational trust. Exploring trust at the company level as well as the immediate manager level provided important insight into trust behaviours attributed to managers and leaders of the company and those attributed to the immediate manager. Similarities and differences in company and immediate manager analysis provided a strong argument for future trust research making this distinction.

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Magrath, Irene Elizabeth. "Wool textile employers' organisations : Bradford c.1914-1945." Thesis, University of Hull, 1991. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:11174.

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Few historians have written in any detailed form about the widespread development of employers' organisations which took place from the later decades of the nineteenth century, and formed the basis of those which exist in all British industries today. The work which has been done on them has largely focused upon industrial or governmental relations. None of the studies has addressed the phenomenon of employer organisation itself, or explored the more general question of what precisely it is that employers' organisations do. Nevertheless, some far-reaching conclusions have been made about them. This thesis seeks to clarify the purpose and circumstances of employer organisation growth, function, and mode of operation. It assesses how employers responded in an organised manner to quite radical changes in the world market and the nature of British society c.1914-1945. It provides a base of information which covers the range of activities which employers' organisations (broadly conceived) concerned themselves, using the archives of wool textile organisations in Bradford. Lastly, it assesses the significance of employers' organisation in view of some of the claims which have been made about them, and offers some observations on its political and sociological implications. The phenomenon of employer organisation was not simply a 'response' to the greater organisation of labour or government encouragement. Organisation (evident in other industrialised countries also) articulated a transformation in business strategies, away from traditional laissez-faire notions of individual enterprise towards an increasingly centralised, collective strategy. This functioned on many different levels - local, national, international, political, intellectual etc, and by the nineteen thirties marked a maturity in collective action which contrasts sharply with the individualism of just forty years earlier. The broad range of employers' policies extended far beyond the workplace, and expressed a distinct politics. This had implications for the nature and conduct of trade, the form and quality of life, and understanding of the way in which British society was governed.

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Mnisi, Shirley Moshikidi. "Exploratory study on the introduction of performance coaching skills, for first-line team supervisors in a manufacturing organisation." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97413.

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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The concepts of performance management and coaching are of key importance to businesses globally. Various studies have been conducted on the link between the concept of performance management and coaching within business organisations, specifically where coaching seeks to align the activities and objectives of individuals to business objectives and goals. The purpose of this study was to further explore this relationship between these two processes and in so doing, explore the application of coaching skills as introduced for the first-line team supervisor leadership process. The study involved the direct participation of first-line team supervisors. A qualitative research design was used to answer the research question in order to explore the processes, patterns of behaviour and themes that emerged out of the coaching skills application process. The research findings gave an indication that the coaching process could play a critical role in the development of first-line team members as well as the first-line team supervisors’ leadership skills. The results indicated a rewarding process in both instances. It was evident that the modern first-line supervisor would want to be equipped with skills for understanding and managing the behavioural patterns of the people they lead, i.e. over and above the technical expertise required to perform in their jobs. The study further gave rise to a new dimension of approaching the team performance conversations where the first-line supervisors used the GROW model in conducting individual performance discussions. The GROW model improved understanding and acceptance of the process amongst the people reporting into their roles. The broader finding is that coaching can enable more collaborative teamwork and this may lead to improved conversations on performance and goal clarification for first-line production teams; specifically in clarifying goals, providing feedback, listening actively and following up on tasks to be carried out. Results and conclusions may be limited by the fact that the study was conducted in a single industry. Additional studies from a variety of industries with large numbers of participants would be helpful to fully understand the ways in which performance coaching skills and first-line team leadership development programmes can best be developed and deployed in organisational settings.

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Ajayi, Oluseyi M. "The impact of employee ambidexterity on organisational and marketing innovations : organisational context for exploiting the present and exploring for the future." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2013. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/12562.

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Research studies on innovation tend to focus more on Process and Product Innovations (PPIs), while both Organisational and Marketing Innovations (OMIs) have been under-researched. The lack of prior research on these non-technological innovations has been attributed to poor data availability. Theoretical opinions show that OMIs could be necessary prerequisites needed to optimally utilise and deploy these PPIs. Organisational Ambidexterity (OA) has emerged to be crucial in achieving long-term organisational success. Ambidexterity in an organisational context refers to the ability to concurrently exploit current competitive advantage and explore new opportunities with equal dexterity. For firms to remain competitive and adaptive to continuous change in the business environment, OA has been noted as a necessary attribute, but research on ambidexterity at the individual level of analysis is limited. There is a lack of understanding of how individual ambidexterity at the lower-levels of the organisation affects the overall ambidexterity of the organisation. This research explores organisational context antecedents of OMIs capabilities; Organisational and Employee Ambidexterity, and identifies how individual employees in Small and Medium-sized Manufacturing and Service Organisations could contribute to the capability of their organisation to concurrently exploit present market opportunities and explore new opportunities, towards sustaining their competitive advantage. This study involves a two-phase sequential mixed methods design beginning with a qualitative exploratory research involving 15 in-depth Nigerian-based interviews. The first phase facilitated preliminary assessment of organisational context, measured by the Cameron and Quinn's Organisational Culture Assessment Instrument. This phase also aided the understanding of factors that promote OMIs capabilities and the development of themes used to design the survey instrument for the second phase. The second phase involved a quantitative study of 398 shop-floor and 202 managerial staff from Small and Medium-sized Nigerian Manufacturing and Service Organisations. This phase was characterised by descriptive and inferential statistics through Structural Equation Modelling. This aided identifying the organisational context that promotes Employee Ambidexterity (EA) and the relationships between EA; OA; and OMIs' capabilities. vi Drawing upon information-rich evidence, this study identified enablers that could promote EA; OA; OMIs; effective innovations; and sustainable organisational growth. Statistical evidence from the research findings shows that Organic Structure and Knowledge Sharing, plus a Flexible and Family-like Organisational Culture: 1. enhances Employee Ambidexterity and Level of Engagement; 2. improves employees' contributions to OA, OMIs and SMEs' growth; 3. optimises the internal capabilities of SMEs in order to promote their sustainable growth; 4. enables SMEs to search for new market opportunities and strengthen current market positions concurrently; and 5. promotes viable Manufacturing and Service SMEs that are needed to offset the prevalent public sector job losses. A framework that relates: Individual and Organisational Ambidexterity; Organisational and Marketing Innovations capabilities; and Organisational Performance, has been identified in this study. While Marketing Innovation capability and Exploitative Orientation of Ambidexterity target the short term organisational benefits, Organisational Innovation capability and Explorative Orientation of Ambidexterity address the long term competitive advantage of the organisations. Besides advancing literature on the study of Organisational Ambidexterity by combining the individual level of analysis with the organisational level of analysis, this study identifies frameworks that promote effective innovation and sustainable organisational performance through shop floor employees' contributions to Organisational Ambidexterity and OMIs in SMEs. Outcomes of this research have been eye-openers for the case organisations on how to optimally utilise their resources (people, materials, knowledge, technology and other assets) to achieve sustainable growth and long term success.

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Beijer, Sofia, and Jeanette Gruen. "Employee Engagement During An Organisational Change." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-135262.

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The changing nature of organisation life becomes more and more intense as organisations are constantly striving to adjust to serve the needs of an ever-changing environment. At the same time, the importance of keeping employees engaged is essential to organisations. The aim of this thesis was to contribute with a deeper understanding of employee engagement during an organisational change process. A deeper insight of how individuals perceive a changing work environment on an emotional level will help managers to go through the process while they are ensuring engagement of their employees. Our fundamental research questions were: How do employees describe their own state of engagement during an organisational change process? Which factors are important, according to employees, in order for them to stay engaged during the process? The existing literature is reviewed with special attention to state engagement, including job satisfaction, job involvement, organisational commitment and empowerment. The theoretical framework consists of the Job demand-resources model and attitudinal organisational commitment, which have been used as the analytical tools. Our empirical data was collected through a qualitative research design with semi-structured interviews at an insurance company in the middle of Sweden. The conclusion from this study was that the state engagement differed a lot according to dimensions as satisfaction, involvement and commitment, while most of the interviewees agreed that the empowerment and energy level decreased. We also discovered a special kind of engagement, frustration engagement, which was distinguished from the commonly positive view of engagement. The most important factors to continue being engaged were expressed by the employees as social support, managerial support as well as organisational support and communication.

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Guma, Pendulwa Vuyokazi. "Organisational factors impacting on employee retention." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1530.

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Organisations must have a constant influx of candidates for potential employment. New employee positions are required as market areas are expanded. Recruitment occurs even in the face of limited growth or decline in service capacity, because individuals with specialised skills or training who leave the organisation must be replaced, and because services or technologies that have been revised or modified must be staffed. The recruitment of personnel plays an important role in assisting the organisation to adapt and remain competitive. The Eastern Cape Department of Economic Development and Environmental Affairs (DEDEA) employs a wide variety of workers. Thus, the sources of applicants and types of methods used to expand the applicant pool vary depending on the occupational classification being considered. It, therefore, becomes self-defeating to invest significant resources in a recruitment effort if such effort is offset by high turnover rates. Retention of employees is as essential as their recruitment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the organisational factors impacting on employee retention at DEDEA. The population for the study included 781 DEDEA employees. The response rate for the emailed questionnaire was 54 percent or 425 respondents. The Likert-type scale instrument consisted of forty questions divided into two sections: Section one looked at the demographic profile of the respondents and section two focused on getting responses on the five organisational impacting on v employee retention, namely: career development; compensation; positive recognition; staff engagement and management. In order to achieve the purpose of this study, the following research design was adopted: Step 1 A literature review was conducted to determine the various organizational factors impacting on employee retention. Step 2 From the literature review, a process model was adopted to assist the researcher in structuring the research questionnaire. Step 3 A questionnaire was constructed according to the principles and guidelines in steps 2 and step 3. Step 4 Empirical data was obtained by means of an email survey. Step 5 The results of the survey were analysed and interpreted. Step 6 The empirical results were integrated with Step 3. Step 7 Conclusions and recommendations were done. The main findings from the study were: - The study revealed a significant relationship between the selected organisational factors and employee retention. - The study also produced a model suitable for use by DEDEA as a guide in determining what initiatives the organisation should embark on to improve employee retention.

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Gethin-Jones, Rachel. "The impact of employee perceptions and organisation-related employee attributes on employee outcomes after restructuring /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17814.pdf.

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