Fostering employee engagement: a qualitative study of post-merger integration in the agrochemical industry

• Autorzy: Margaretha Meily , Prajnanta Final , Prabandari Sri Palupi , Noermijati Noermijati , Kurniawati Desi Tri

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DOI

10.17512/pjms.2024.29.2.20

Warianty tytułu

PL

Wspieranie zaangażowania pracowników: jakościowe badanie integracji po fuzji w branży agrochemicznej

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Employee engagement has been a topic of constant interest over the past two decades, particularly in the modern business environment where frequent mergers and acquisitions occur. This study aims to identify the driving factors influencing engagement during PMI, ultimately affecting both employee and company performance. Unfortunately, very few studies examine how PMI affects employee engagement in the context of qualitative studies, particularly in Indonesia's agrochemical sector; therefore, this study is vital. These qualitative studies are drawn from semi-structured, in-depth interviews face-to-face and via Zoom. The target informants consisted of 5 senior managers, 3 middle managers, and 4 staff members who possessed at least 1 merger and acquisition of the target company. The results were analyzed using the Miles, Huberman, and Saldana methods. The results indicate work-life balance, employee resilience, the role of the leader, and career growth opportunities are the main driving factors in enhancing engagement throughout PMI. From this study, the novelty found in the impact of PMI is that employees are becoming more generalists instead of specialists in managing work, and on top of that, they are more engaged with the organization. Organizational policies may encourage employee engagement by promoting work-life balance, resilience, the role of leader, and career growth, fostering a deeper sense of employee commitment.

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Zaangażowanie pracowników było tematem stałego zainteresowania naukowców ostatnich dwóch dekad, szczególnie w nowoczesnym środowisku biznesowym, w którym często dochodzi do fuzji i przejęć. Niniejsze badanie ma na celu zidentyfikowanie czynników wpływających na zaangażowanie podczas PMI, co ostatecznie wpływa zarówno na pracowników, jak i wyniki firmy. Niestety, bardzo niewiele badań pokazuje, w jaki sposób PMI wpływa na zaangażowanie pracowników w kontekście badań jakościowych, szczególnie w indonezyjskim sektorze agrochemicznym; dlatego też niniejsze badanie jest kluczowe. Niniejsze badania jakościowe opierają się na półustrukturyzowanych, pogłębionych wywiadach przeprowadzonych twarzą w twarz i za pośrednictwem platformy Zoom. Finalnymi informatorami byli: 5 starszych menedżerów, 3 średnich menedżerów i 4 pracowników, którzy uczestniczyli co najmniej w 1 fuzji i przejęciu firmy docelowej. Wyniki analizowano przy użyciu metod: Milesa, Hubermana i Saldany. Wyniki wskazują, że równowaga między życiem zawodowym a prywatnym, odporność pracowników, rola lidera i możliwości rozwoju kariery są głównymi czynnikami wpływającymi na zwiększenie zaangażowania w całym PMI. Z tego badania wynika, że nowość w zakresie wpływu PMI polega na tym, że pracownicy stają się bardziej generalistami niż specjalistami w zarządzaniu pracą, a ponadto są bardziej zaangażowani w organizację. Polityka organizacyjna może zachęcać pracowników do zaangażowania poprzez promowanie równowagi między życiem zawodowym a prywatnym, odporności, roli lidera i rozwoju kariery, wzmacniając głębsze poczucie zaangażowania pracowników.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

career; engagement; leadership; post-merger integration; work-life balance

PL

kariera; zaangażowanie; przywództwo; integracja po fuzji; równowaga między życiem zawodowym a prywatnym

• Wydawca: Czestochowa University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Management Studies
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 29, No. 2
• Strony: 380--393
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 49 poz., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Margaretha Meily

• Doctoral Student, Management Department, Universitas Brawijaya; Lecturer of Management Department, Universitas Kristen Maranatha

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8617-1924

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Prajnanta Final

• Doctoral Student and Practitioner Lecture, Management Department, Universitas Brawijaya;, Universitas Brawijaya

• https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2423-6215

autor

Prabandari Sri Palupi

• Management Department, Universitas Brawijaya

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4378-0054

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Noermijati Noermijati

• Management Department, Universitas Brawijaya

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3265-612X

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Kurniawati Desi Tri

• Management Department, Universitas Brawijaya

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2887-7923

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).