| dc.description.abstract | This dissertation was a qualitative study of the impacts of job rotation to career-related antecedents and career-related outcomes of employees. The case study examined a company which produces turbo in automobile‟s engine and small parts in medical equipment located in Binh Duong Province. Consistent with the purpose, this study employed qualitative research design and method. Individual interviews with
six participants were the primary means of data collection. Qualitative research study focused on the experiences of the six respondents during job rotation period. Data were collected in one day via audio record, and open-ended interview. Through the rotatees‟ responses and internal documents provided by the General Manager, the researcher chased to determine what factors impact to the decision to be chosen most,
as well as what factors affected by job rotation most.
Data analysis of four steps include reading/ memorizing, describing, classifying and interpreting help researcher demonstrate a strong relationship of employees‟ performance to the frequency of their rotation while tenure, age, and education do not play an important role in this situation. The author found that job rotation positively related to some components of career development factors such as promotion, salary, technical knowledge, job satisfaction, job motivation, self- confidence, skill variety, etc. There is a tiny bit of disadvantages of job rotation were mentioned by just one or two participants. They are increase workload and decrease productivity for the unit losing employee. Although there were some differences between manager‟s opinion and employees‟ perspective, the advantages of job rotation cannot be denied. However, the research has its own limitations as the context of a manufacture company, the unfamiliar of the researcher in reporting of qualitative data and the lack of experience in doing a research.
This study is significant in that it contributes practical and substantive knowledge to companies which intend to encourage employees by shifting them to
new positions. This is not only a motivation in working but also a chance for them to
gain more experience in different fields. Conclusions and implications resulting from the study may be useful to company seeking form of job design in order to solve human resource problems. The results of this study may also provide useful insights
for researchers who may want to investigate deeper in job design and career
development, especially in job rotation. | en_US |
