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Determinants of organizational commitment : outsourcing vs. non-outsourcing employees : a practical case from an agency’s perspective

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Companies tend to seek a strong organizational commitment amongst their employees. Hence, by understanding what is affecting the level of employees’ commitment, a company can act more effectively to improve this relationship. This dissertation aims to evaluate the determinants influencing commitment in a small Portuguese Consulting Company, with the particularity of having different employees’ segments: Support Areas – working full time at the Company – Consulting – working at the Company and Clients – and Outsourcing – working fulltime at the Client. Consequently, this dissertation will allow not only to study the differences in organizational experiences and commitment between employees’ segments but also to do it from the agency’s – organization to which employees sign to but do not work at – point of view. This study was carried among 88 employees from a total of 159 workers and followed two commitment frameworks. The data analysis suggests the determinants most affecting the commitment level in this Company seem to be feedback, task significance, group attitudes towards the organization, workers’ expectations and working segment - if working at Outsourcing or not. Finally, based on data collected from the 20 interviews with current Company’s employees and the organizational behavior internal survey, it was given some suggestions to improve the current Company’s performance on each significant determinant.
As empresas tendem a procurar uma relação forte dos funcionários para com a mesma. Desta maneira, compreendendo o que afecta o nível de envolvimento dos funcionários, a empresa pode agir mais eficientemente para o melhorar. Esta dissertação tem como objectivo avaliar os determinantes que influenciam o envolvimento com a organização, numa pequena Consultora Portuguesa, com a particularidade de ter diferentes segmentos de colaboradores: Áreas de Suporte – trabalham a tempo inteiro na Consultora – Consultoria – trabalham na Consultora e Cliente – e Outsourcing – trabalham a tempo inteiro no Cliente. Consequentemente, esta dissertação permitirá não só estudar as diferentes percepções de experiências e envolvimento com a empresa entre os diferentes segmentos de colaboradores como o fará da perspectiva da agência – empresa com quem os trabalhadores assinam mas não trabalham. Este estudo foi realizado a 88 trabalhadores de um total de 159, seguindo 2 modelos de envolvimento com empresas. A análise de dados parece sugerir que os determinantes que mais afectam o envolvimento com a Consultora são: feedback, significância do trabalho, atitudes do grupo com a empresa, expectativas dos trabalhadores e segmento dos colaboradores – se trabalha em Outsourcing ou não. Finalmente, com base nos dados recolhidos das 20 entrevistas a funcionários actuais e do questionário interno, foram dadas sugestões de melhoria da prestação actual dos determinantes significativos.

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Organizational commitment Determinants Outsourcing and non-outsourcing employees Envolvimento com empresa Determinantes Colaboradores Outsourcing e não-outsourcing

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