Effect of employee relations programon integration of industrial employees

Abstract

This research is an attempt to find out the possible impact of employee relations program on the employee integration process. The objective of this research is to assess the possible impact of ERPs on employee integration towards ‘organization’, ‘management’, ‘the work’ and ‘the fellow employees’. The main question of this dissertation research is: If the voluntarily extended ERPs have a positive impact on employee integration process. To assess the impact of ERPs attitudes of non-managerial employees have been measured towards four important dimensions of integration. The key research issues examined are: (a) attitudes of the non-managerial employees as perceived by themselves, (b) attitudes of the non-managerial employees as perceived by managerial employees, (c) status of ERPs extended by the employers, (d) perception of non-managerial employees about the ERPs extended by the employers, and ( e) factors (external) that may interfere with the employee integration process. A comprehensive process have been undertaken to do the research. A conceptual framework has been developed assuming positive impact of employee relations programs. The study followed standard methodology in case of selecting sample size, sample companies, and sample respondents. Data were collected from both primary and secondary sources. Data were analyzed using standard statistical techniques. It has been found that ERPs provided voluntarily by the employers have significant impact on employee integration process. Employees become more integrated towards organization, management, work, and fellow employees. Employees’ preference for the types of ERPs depends on type of organizations, type of jobs, and their demography. A number of external variables also have impact on integration process. The variables that work positively on employee integration process include age, marital status, tenure, and trade union membership. Only educational status of employees appears to have a negative influence on the integration process. Thus, it has been concluded that ERPs have positive impact on employee integration process. This study of employee relations programs has huge implication on employee relations of industrial employees of Bangladesh.