Topic of thesis: Employee engagement as a sunk cost during organizational restructuring
Abstract: Motivation plunders as employees are faced with the unpredictability that is created during organizational restructuring. In the presence of tensions, the interplay between individual behavior (employee engagement) and social structures can inhibit the flow of information/knowledge by so affecting economic performance. This research proposes to study the drivers of employee engagement during organizational restructuring, the effect it has on the social networks and the impact on productivity. The analytical logic of the research will be divided in three parts: a) a mixed method survey questionnaire in order to analyze the level of engagement and identify the drivers behind it, b) a mixed method SNA in order to study how the assumed disruption of social connections (by analyzing the interaction between nodes, network size, strength of ties, etc) may affect the flow/sharing of knowledge in the specific organizational context, and c) a quantitative part which aims to quantify the impact on productivity. The case study intends to be conducted at a financial services bank undergoing organizational restructuring.
Research Interests: sociology of work, psychology of work, employment policies, social network analysis, agent based models, organizational behaviour, sociology of education
Graduated from: Suffolk University, Boston, USA Univeristy of Tirana, Al

Degrees obtained: MBA, BA
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