EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT IN A MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OPERATING IN CENTRAL POLAND
Abstract
The paper presents the results of the study, aimed at identification of employees’ affective involvement to a large Polish company, operating on cosmetics market for over 20 years. It employs more than 300 persons, and distributes its products over 79 countries of the world. The analysis used research desk method and survey based on individual questionnaires. The level of engagement was measured and analyzed on the basis of a staff survey.
In the course of analyzing the results, a change in the structure of the answers about the factors that form commitment, was evaluated, in particular, depending on the length of seniority in the company and respondent’s belonging to a certain professional group. Employees believe that they are committed to work and perform it enthusiastically (75%), trust both their managers (more than 70%) and colleagues (more than 80%), they feel appreciated and needed (about 70%). However, only 20% identify themselves with the company well enough to participate in the meetings organized outside its headquarters.
The study has revealed a relationship between affective involvement and the length of seniority, as well as between commitment and the respondent’s membership in a particular professional group. Employees with the shortest seniority (≤ 1 year) are the most involved in their work and it is more inspiring for them. At the same time, this group shows the smallest sense of identification with the company. The group with more than 10 years seniority shows the least enthusiasm for work.The lowest affective involvement is demonstrated by production workers.The obtained results allow us to formulate hypotheses, which verification requires further research. The analysis should include the problem of effective tools to stimulate employment of the stuff with high experience and of senior personnel.
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