Authors : Asma Al-Mulla, Ali Ameen, Osama Issac, Mohammed Nusari and Ahmed Hamoud Al-Shibami
Abstract: The increasing globalization accompanied by rising competitiveness and speed of business activities, coupled with the increasing complexity of the internal processes of organizations, these have led to the increasing prominence of paradoxical situations in contemporary organizations. In addition to the global economic crisis, firms need to adapt to these changes and revive and sustain through managing organizational change. Therefore, the current study purpose is to test the impact of organizational tension, merger policy and knowledge sharing on managing organizational change in ADNOC. Evaluation of the proposed model was done through questionnaire survey data collected both online and paper-based. A total of 214 employees are randomly selected from Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co (ADMA-OPCO) whilst a total of 94 employees are randomly selected from Zakum Development Co., (ZADCO), (n = 308). This study employed Structural Equation Modeling-Variance Based (SEM-VB) via. SMART PLS 3.0 Software was utilized to determine the importance levels of associations and interactions between the factors tested. The proposed model evidenced by the goodness of fit of the model to the data, organizational tensions, merge policy and knowledge sharing explained 56% of the variance in managing organizational change. The findings of the multivariate analysis revealed that organizational change and merger policy has the most effect on managing organizational change. The results of the current study might give further insights into managing organizational change strategies. Theoretical and practical implications are also provided.
Asma Al-Mulla, Ali Ameen, Osama Issac, Mohammed Nusari and Ahmed Hamoud Al-Shibami, 2019. The Effect of Organizational Tensions, Merge Policy and Knowledge Sharing on Managing Organizational Change: The Context of Abu Dhabi National Oil Organizations. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 14: 2517-2531.