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Investigating succession planning practices in South African construction companies
Globally, the implementation of succession planning in the construction industry is not developing. Literature indicates that, while construction companies understand succession planning, their lack of implementation directly affects employee retention. This research employed a qualitative research...
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| author | Mfeka, Susan |
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| description | Globally, the implementation of succession planning in the construction industry is not developing. Literature indicates that, while construction companies understand succession planning, their lack of implementation directly affects employee retention. This research employed a qualitative research design to investigate the extent to which certain South African construction companies implement succession planning. Data were collected from six human resource executives serving across six South African construction companies. Overall, the results confirmed a lack of succession planning implementation at the respective companies. This study found that the HR executives understand the concept of succession planning even though it is not formalised. Furthermore, leadership buy-in was found to be lacking, which was negatively impacting the succession planning implementation. Certain specific factors were also discovered to be contributing to the hindering of the succession planning implementation. These factors include lack of retention strategy, lack of career discussion, lack of skills development, and lack of available positions. Suggestions and recommendations in light of these findings are provided. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/36613 Investigating succession planning practices in South African construction companies Mfeka, Susan Duffy, Carren construction companies succession planning employee retention South Africa Globally, the implementation of succession planning in the construction industry is not developing. Literature indicates that, while construction companies understand succession planning, their lack of implementation directly affects employee retention. This research employed a qualitative research design to investigate the extent to which certain South African construction companies implement succession planning. Data were collected from six human resource executives serving across six South African construction companies. Overall, the results confirmed a lack of succession planning implementation at the respective companies. This study found that the HR executives understand the concept of succession planning even though it is not formalised. Furthermore, leadership buy-in was found to be lacking, which was negatively impacting the succession planning implementation. Certain specific factors were also discovered to be contributing to the hindering of the succession planning implementation. These factors include lack of retention strategy, lack of career discussion, lack of skills development, and lack of available positions. Suggestions and recommendations in light of these findings are provided. 2022-07-04T18:39:56Z 2022-07-04T18:39:56Z 2022 2022-07-04T14:26:40Z Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36613 eng application/pdf Organisational Psychology Faculty of Commerce |
| spellingShingle | construction companies succession planning employee retention South Africa Mfeka, Susan Investigating succession planning practices in South African construction companies |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Investigating succession planning practices in South African construction companies |
| title_full | Investigating succession planning practices in South African construction companies |
| title_fullStr | Investigating succession planning practices in South African construction companies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating succession planning practices in South African construction companies |
| title_short | Investigating succession planning practices in South African construction companies |
| title_sort | investigating succession planning practices in south african construction companies |
| topic | construction companies succession planning employee retention South Africa |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36613 |
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