Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Employees’ Engagement in Five Star Hotels

Document Type : Original Article

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Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, University of Sadat City

Abstract

This study explores the impact of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) on employee’s engagement (EE) in five-star hotels. During an impending the workforce may suddenly feel disengaged resulting in absenteeism or employees quitting their jobs. When M&A occurs there are elicit several results for employees like stress, Job loss, competitiveness and disengagement. The quantitative methods were used for data collection results in facts. The target population of this study was the employees at five-star hotels in Egypt, where the EE were applied. In many M&A deals, success hinges on maintaining high levels of employee engagement.(500) questionnaire forms were distributed to twelve (12) Hotels. (454) questionnaires were collected. The respondents represent 90.8% of the research sample and population. 90.8% valid for analysis by The Statistical Program for the Social Science (SPSS. The findings showed that there is a significant difference in EE before and after the M&A. Results also showed that there is a significant relationship between M&A and employee’s engagement.

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