Organizational behavior in a multicultural work setting : Pet Food Company Oy Mush Ltd.
Omoregie, Etiosa (2021)
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202104124604
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202104124604
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The purpose of the study was to determine the factors that influence employee organisational behavior in a multicultural work setting and how they impact the overall organisational behaviour of the com-pany; case study is Oy Mush Ltd a pet food company. The research explored different variables from both individual and environmental aspects that influence employees’ organisation behaviour. These variables were grouped into two dimensions; human and organizational dimensions and thus, were examined in these regards as relates to the organization.
A semi-structure interview research method was adopted, and the respondents were all employees of Oy Mush Ltd being the case company under study. The total number of respondents of the semi-structured interview were 5 employees with different job descriptions and positions in the company. The research questions were developed by the researcher first into different themes from which the research questions emerged. A first -hand research analysis was first presented by the researcher from which the result of the study was later presented.
The findings of the research revealed and affirmed that there are other contributing factors to the or-ganizational behavior of employees with multicultural backgrounds aside their cultural differences. Though the research primarily focused on the organizational behavior in a multicultural work setting highlighting the cultural diversity as the major point of interest, there was a discovery that diversity amongst employees was not the biggest problem.
A semi-structure interview research method was adopted, and the respondents were all employees of Oy Mush Ltd being the case company under study. The total number of respondents of the semi-structured interview were 5 employees with different job descriptions and positions in the company. The research questions were developed by the researcher first into different themes from which the research questions emerged. A first -hand research analysis was first presented by the researcher from which the result of the study was later presented.
The findings of the research revealed and affirmed that there are other contributing factors to the or-ganizational behavior of employees with multicultural backgrounds aside their cultural differences. Though the research primarily focused on the organizational behavior in a multicultural work setting highlighting the cultural diversity as the major point of interest, there was a discovery that diversity amongst employees was not the biggest problem.