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The influence of leadership on employee engagement within a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/52401 The influence of leadership on employee engagement within a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment Hofmeyr, Karl ichelp@gibs.co.za Ahmed, Zameer UCTD Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2015. VUCA represents a constantly changing environment - a set of timeless circumstances that challenge a leader s ability to make decisions, develop plans and execute these plans flawlessly on a daily basis. This research focused on the influence of leadership, organisational values and organisational change on employee engagement within a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment. The construct leadership was further examined using two hierarchical levels, employee s line manager and employee s senior leaders to deepen the understanding of the influence these levels of leadership have on employee engagement A quantitative research approach was followed wherein a non-random convenience sample (N = 969) of permanent staff operating within the Retail Operations Specialities function of South Africa s largest non-food retailer participated in the study. Regression analysis was conducted to determine the strength of the relationship between the dependent (employee engagement) and independent variables for each research question. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) test was conducted to analyse the differences among group means and their associated procedures. Employee s senior leaders were found to have a stronger influence on employee s engagement levels in comparison to employee s line managers. In addition the study found that the application of organisational values have a positive influence on employee engagement whilst organisational change was found to have the strongest influence on employee engagement explaining 41.2% of the variance in employee engagement. The findings of the study challenges the current body of research by identifying that within a VUCA environment when employee s leave the organisation they leave their senior leaders not their line managers. pa2016 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2016-05-04T13:46:19Z 2016-05-04T13:46:19Z 2016-03-30 2015 Mini Dissertation Ahmed, Z 2015, The influence of leadership on employee engagement within a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment, MBA Mini-dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52401> GIBS http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52401 en © 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD The influence of leadership on employee engagement within a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment |
| title | The influence of leadership on employee engagement within a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment |
| title_full | The influence of leadership on employee engagement within a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment |
| title_fullStr | The influence of leadership on employee engagement within a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of leadership on employee engagement within a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment |
| title_short | The influence of leadership on employee engagement within a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment |
| title_sort | influence of leadership on employee engagement within a volatile uncertain complex and ambiguous vuca environment |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52401 |