Apirak Varachanonth. Employee perceptions of corporate cultural change : a case study of a private company in Bangkok . Master's Degree(Population Education). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2004.
Employee perceptions of corporate cultural change : a case study of a private company in Bangkok
Abstract:
This research aimed at studying employee perceptions and the differences in
organizational culture of a Thai private company before and after non-Thais became
involved in a joint venture with this company. Information was gathered through
questionnaires.
It was found that employee perceptions of management and work evaluation
systems before the joint venture was that they were at a moderate level but after the
joint venture they were perceived to be at a high level. This was because the
organization forced all its employees to acknowledge the same targets and bound
together the systems of work evaluation and reward. However, perception of
managerial behavior did not change. In both periods, the employees thought
managerial behavior was at the moderate level. This could be because time for
behavioral adjustment was quite short. As for perceptions of human resource
development, these were at the moderate level before the joint venture, but after the
joint venture they shifted to the high level. However, this shift was statistically in
significant because there was not enough time to make a big change
At this company the administrators managed cross culture by bringing
strong articles from each culture, influencing employees to merge and create a
common culture, as well as to initiate and maintain systems of reporting, following up,
work measurement processes and personal remuneration that supported behavioral
change, and continuing to develop appropriate skills for personnel. It is recommended
that other companies should do the same