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Maintaining employee engagement post retrenchment in the PGM mining sector in South Africa
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/109198 Maintaining employee engagement post retrenchment in the PGM mining sector in South Africa Fourie, Alicia ichelp@gibs.co.za Khunou, Tshegofatso UCTD Restructuring Retrenchments Employee engagement Job demands Job Resource Model (JD-R) Effective communication Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2025. Restructuring in the form of retrenchment has become a widely used strategy to save company costs however, it can result in psychological and physical strain on the surviving employees, leading to reduced morale, commitment and employee engagement. The purpose of this qualitative study was to delve into the lives of the surviving employees to comprehend retrenchment as a phenomenon and its impact on them. Furthermore, the study intended to explore the strategies or interventions required to rebuild and maintain employee engagement post retrenchments in the Platinum Group Metals mining sector in South Africa. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews of sixteen participants who survived the retrenchments. The study revealed how retrenchments affected the emotional, psychological and physical aspects of the surviving employees leading them to find alternative ways to cope and navigate through the change. It also revealed how retrenchments altered the workload of the surviving employees causing them to have more responsibilities and experience work intensity because of the increase in job demands and reduction in resources. The study revealed that effective communication, consulting and involving the affected employees can play a significant role in negating the effects of retrenchments such as anxiety, job insecurity and increased workload. Furthermore, support and direction from leadership, continuous engagement with the surviving employees and provision of training to close the gaps that the laid off employees created were identified as job resources that can enhance employee engagement, directly improving organisational performance. This study therefore emphasises the need for organisations to integrate employee wellbeing in the restructuring process and implement interventions that minimise the effects of retrenchment on the surviving employees, thereby building a resilient team that can sustain required operational performance. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth 2026-03-23T09:38:57Z 2026-03-23T09:38:57Z 2026-05-05 2025 Mini Dissertation * A2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/109198 en © 2025 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Restructuring Retrenchments Employee engagement Job demands Job Resource Model (JD-R) Effective communication Maintaining employee engagement post retrenchment in the PGM mining sector in South Africa |
| title | Maintaining employee engagement post retrenchment in the PGM mining sector in South Africa |
| title_full | Maintaining employee engagement post retrenchment in the PGM mining sector in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Maintaining employee engagement post retrenchment in the PGM mining sector in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maintaining employee engagement post retrenchment in the PGM mining sector in South Africa |
| title_short | Maintaining employee engagement post retrenchment in the PGM mining sector in South Africa |
| title_sort | maintaining employee engagement post retrenchment in the pgm mining sector in south africa |
| topic | UCTD Restructuring Retrenchments Employee engagement Job demands Job Resource Model (JD-R) Effective communication |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/109198 |