ABSTRACT
Purpose of the study – The phenomena of mergers and acquisitions are inevitable in nature. It brings a drastic change in the organization in terms of policies, practices, strategies and employees are supposed to adopt those. During this process, employees experience challenges in their adaptability. Thus it is the prime responsibility of any organization to identify those factors which provide a hindrance for the adaptability of the employees in this situation.
Methodology - In continuation of this issue, this study is designed to evaluate the factors which provide an hindrance on employees’ adaptability during the merger of Dalmia Cement and OCL Cement. The sampling unit is 80 collected from Burdwan, Kolkata and Hooghly District. The sampling is simple random sampling. The sample consists of Off-payroll employees, Officers and Managers. The SPSS-21 is used for data analysis.
Findings - In this paper, Exploratory Factor Analysis has identified four factors which provide challenge towards the adaptability of the employees during the merger of Dalmia Cement and OCL Cement i.e. Psychological Factor, Work Culture, Organizational Factor and Job-Related Factor. Multiple Linear Regression Analysis has revealed that organizational factor has a vital role to play in inculcating organizational citizenship behaviour among the employees whereas work culture is not having any significant influence. The Hypothesis Testing reveals that there exists no significant difference towards challenges of adaptability among the employees on the basis of area, employability status, age, experience and company.
Originality/Value - This study is considered to be one of the unique research dealing with the challenges of employees’ adaptability during mergers and acquisitions in cement industry and how these challenges are affecting on Organizational Citizenship Behaviour of the employees.
