Perception of organisational commitment, job satisfaction and turnover intentions in a post-merger South African tertiary institution
A merger can be considered both a phenomenological and signifcant life event for an organisation and its employees, and how people cope with and respond to a merger has a direct impact on the institutional performance in the short to medium term. It is within this context that post-merger perception...
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doaj-24552aabf1474e139692acdc895b9c902020-11-24T22:01:19ZengAOSISSA Journal of Industrial Psychology0258-52002071-07632008-05-01341233110.4102/sajip.v34i1.415447Perception of organisational commitment, job satisfaction and turnover intentions in a post-merger South African tertiary institutionAdam Martin0Gert Roodt1University of JohannesburgUniversity of Johannesburg.A merger can be considered both a phenomenological and signifcant life event for an organisation and its employees, and how people cope with and respond to a merger has a direct impact on the institutional performance in the short to medium term. It is within this context that post-merger perceptions of a tertiary institution were investigated. A predictive model (determined the “best” of 15 predefned models) of turnover intentions was developed for employees of a South African tertiary institution (having undergone its own recent merging process). A systematic model-building process was carried out incorporating various techniques, among others structural equation modelling and step-wise linear regression. The fnal predictive model explained 47% of the variance in turnover intentions. Contrary to expectations, commitment does not correlate more strongly than satisfaction does with turnover intentions.https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/415mergertransformationenvironmentrestructuringworkplace |
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Perception of organisational commitment, job satisfaction and turnover intentions in a post-merger South African tertiary institution |
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Perception of organisational commitment, job satisfaction and turnover intentions in a post-merger South African tertiary institution |
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Perception of organisational commitment, job satisfaction and turnover intentions in a post-merger South African tertiary institution |
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Perception of organisational commitment, job satisfaction and turnover intentions in a post-merger South African tertiary institution |
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Perception of organisational commitment, job satisfaction and turnover intentions in a post-merger South African tertiary institution |
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perception of organisational commitment, job satisfaction and turnover intentions in a post-merger south african tertiary institution |
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SA Journal of Industrial Psychology |
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0258-5200 2071-0763 |
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2008-05-01 |
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A merger can be considered both a phenomenological and signifcant life event for an organisation and its employees, and how people cope with and respond to a merger has a direct impact on the institutional performance in the short to medium term. It is within this context that post-merger perceptions of a tertiary institution were investigated. A predictive model (determined the “best” of 15 predefned models) of turnover intentions was developed for employees of a South African tertiary institution (having undergone its own recent merging process). A systematic model-building process was carried out incorporating various techniques, among others structural equation modelling and step-wise linear regression. The fnal predictive model explained 47% of the variance in turnover intentions. Contrary to expectations, commitment does not correlate more strongly than satisfaction does with turnover intentions. |
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merger transformation environment restructuring workplace |
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