Employee buy in on adaptive organizational change within International non-government organizations; a case of Save the Children – Uganda

Abstract

This study sought to examine the effect of employee buy in on adaptive organizational change within Non-governmental Organizations, with Save the Children Uganda the study population. Anchored on the ADKAR change management theory, the specific objectives of the study were to determine the influence of employee enablement, employee engagement and employee empowerment on adaptive organizational change within international non-governmental organizations in Uganda. The study adopted a crosssectional research design employing both quantitative and qualitative methods targeting 353 staff deployed in the field offices spread across the country. 182 employees grouped into categories of managers, coordinators and filed officers, and selected using stratified random sampling technique formed the sample for the study. Collection of data and responses from the participants was realized using questionnaires that were sent via the participants’ respective email addresses. The study used both descriptive and inferential statistics to analyse the collected data with the aid of SPSS V.20 version. Descriptive statistics was used to describe personal characteristics of the participants using tables, while inferential statistics ware employed to determine the relationship between and the influence of independent variables and the dependent variable using correlation and regression analysis. The findings revealed a significant positive relationship between employee buy in and Adaptive organizational change within non-governmental Organizations in Uganda. It is important for international Non-Governmental organizations to prioritize employee enablement, followed by employee empowerment and then employee engagement when implementing adaptive organizational change. Also important is for management to pay special attention to the crucial employee enablement constructs of providing a conducive work environment, offering job related training and development in addition to providing adequate work equipment and supplies. However, there is need for extending this study to organizations outside the international Non-government sector