Department of Industrial Psychologyhttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/672024-03-29T07:20:07Z2024-03-29T07:20:07ZA human capital management framework for attracting and retaining post-millennial employees within selected financial service institutions in Gauteng.Mabena, Nompumelelo Qinisohttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/105782023-11-29T00:02:19Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZA human capital management framework for attracting and retaining post-millennial employees within selected financial service institutions in Gauteng.
Mabena, Nompumelelo Qiniso
Millennials and Gen Z form quite a substantial generational demographics in both the developed as well as emerging economies. Together, these cohorts of millennials and Gen Z, are transforming the workplace norms and the use of technology therein in significant ways. Worth noting is that financial institutions are not exempt. However, for those financial institutions that are already operating in a digital environment, millennials and Gen Z are bringing about very pragmatic modification in the modus operandi of those institutions. In the light of this trend, there is a need for these institutions to come up with practicable strategies for attracting and retaining post-millennial employees. The aim of this study was to develop a Human Capital Management framework for attracting and retaining post-millennials (Gen Z) employees within selected financial service institutions in Gauteng province, South Africa. The study followed a descriptive qualitative research method where eleven semi-structured interviews were conducted with sampled millennials who are human resource professionals working within selected financial service institutions in Gauteng. Through these semi-structured interviews, the insights of the sampled study respondents were solicited. A review of relevant literature was carried out. The study’s findings indicated that the financial services sector can greatly benefit from employing post-millennials. These are young, tech-savvy, and environmentally conscious, require instant gratification, fearless, need life coaching, and are not worried about titles and authority. Post-millennials can be attracted and retained through flexible work environments and benefits such as career mobility programmes, job enrichment and the institution of appropriate management styles, collaboration with academic institutions, designing appealing job titles, restructuring benefits, and remote working and flexible hours. The study recommended that organisations need to prepare for the entry of post-millennial employees by adopting technology, offering flexible environments and benefits, establishing integrated working environments and improving their brand reputation.
Magister Commercii (Industrial Psychology) - MCom(IPS)
2023-01-01T00:00:00ZThe development and empirical evaluation of a model of innovation in selected automotive organisationsMakarisira, Douglashttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/105032023-08-23T00:01:40Z2022-01-01T00:00:00ZThe development and empirical evaluation of a model of innovation in selected automotive organisations
Makarisira, Douglas
Psychological facets for innovation in automotive organisations received little or no attention from previous researchers. The current study was therefore motivated by the need to establish psychological factors and how they impact on innovation in automotive organisations. The 21st century calls for organisations to be creative and innovative if they are to overcome the economic, political, marketing strategies and competition challenges. Organisations need to seriously consider psychological factors among all their employees (from the leadership to the lowest level employee) if they intend to be innovative in the current economic global challenges. Literature has shown that for every business to succeed it should incorporate various psychological factors when developing an innovative culture, which underscores the importance of the current study.
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2022-01-01T00:00:00ZExploring perceptions of fun in a hybrid working environment: A segmental inquiry of generational cohortsAkleker, Yaseenhttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/104942023-08-16T00:01:39Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZExploring perceptions of fun in a hybrid working environment: A segmental inquiry of generational cohorts
Akleker, Yaseen
The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated a trend that was already gaining momentum, namely a multigenerational workforce working in hybrid conditions. Therefore, the primary objective of this study is to explore the impact of fun in a hybrid working environment among employees belonging to Generation X, Millennials and Generation Z. The Generational Cohort Theory in conjunction with Play in Adulthood theory allowed the researcher to understand whether fun in the workplace has been impacted by hybrid working and whether it is seen as a key retention feature or not across the generational cohorts. The Generational Cohort Theory is often used by academics and practitioners to create generational cohorts, which are based on age groups that are thought to have attitudes, thoughts, beliefs, and values that are similar. As this study has focused on exploring the impact and perceptions of generational cohorts, the study assumed an interpretivist perspective.
Magister Commercii (Industrial Psychology) - MCom(IPS)
2023-01-01T00:00:00ZA Grounded theory of ways in which flexible working arrangements are understood to foster flourishing in the workplace: The experience of employees at the corporate offices of a private South African hospital groupBeelders, Ashleigh Joyhttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/104872023-08-15T00:01:26Z2022-01-01T00:00:00ZA Grounded theory of ways in which flexible working arrangements are understood to foster flourishing in the workplace: The experience of employees at the corporate offices of a private South African hospital group
Beelders, Ashleigh Joy
This study envisioned providing a substantive theory to explain employees’ flourishing in the workplace through the implementation and experience of flexible working arrangements. In so doing it aimed to contribute to the body of knowledge contributing to a movement of increased flourishing among employees in the Western Cape, South Africa, and perhaps around the world. Flexible working arrangements as a whole have been a topic of interest in recent times. There has been an increase in research on flexible working arrangements, specifically working hours.
Magister Commercii (Industrial Psychology) - MCom(IPS)
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