TITLE:
Impact of Organisational Change Performance of Selected Construction Firms
AUTHORS:
Emieseifa James Agama, Udoh Francis Sylvanus, Diyoke O. Kenneth
KEYWORDS:
Drivers of Change, Resistance of Change, Performance and Construction Firm
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Business and Management,
Vol.11 No.5,
September
28,
2023
ABSTRACT: Various techniques for managing and implementing
change have been recommended; however, organisations continue to record a high
mortality rate, which suggests the absence of a viable process for managing
organisational change. This paper investigates the impact of organisational
change performance of selected construction firms. The population consists of
the executives and employees of five Nigerian construction companies: Phefa Construction Company Ltd., Abacus Building Services, Dumez Nigeria Plc, Enerco Nigeria Limited, and RCC Construction Company. The firms were chosen
based on their inclusion on the Federation of Construction Industry’s list
(FOCI). The parameters included size, active projects, geographic spread, and
service portfolio. The total staff strength of the chosen construction is
approximately one thousand, two hundred and four people (1204) and the
stratification technique was first used to stratify the workers. Taro Yamane
was used to draw a sample of 300 respondents, who were then statistically
tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The study discovered, among
other things, a significant link between resistance to change and performance; critical
factors for managing change will affect Performance; and change implementation
will affect performance of selected construction firms. As a result, it was
suggested that organisations identify the best change model for their own
initiatives and then modify to fit the context. Organizations should collect
data from multiple sources, especially when assessing competency gaps, and employees should take
management-organized training programmes seriously.