Organizational entrenchment: perception of employees of a bank branch

Abstract

The internationalization and the increasing market competitiveness requires new skills of organizations, leaders and employees. Given the difficulties associated with employability and market instability, it is possible that staying in a career is more determined by the uncertainty associated with the construction of new alternatives, than a strong identification and bonding with career ever built. The notion of entrenchment came to fill this gap in the field of studies on worker ties with their work, occupation, profession or career. This study aims to understand the organizational entrenchment in the perception of professionals from a bank branch in the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. A descriptive and exploratory research was conducted with a qualitative approach, applied to five employees who occupy the position of relationship manager. Data from the interviews were subjected to content analysis. The results showed that the size “Adjustments to the position” did not present any characteristic that manifest entrenchment among screened for this base. However, they pointed out the bases “bureaucratic arrangements Impersonal” and “Alternative Limitations” as factors that influenced the entrenchment of a few individuals in the study. Research suggests further investigation of the factors that influence the development of entrenchment in career professionals in other positions and functions in organizations.