The objective of this paper is to provide a foundation for understanding the management of inflexibility in an integrated process by using sales compensation process as a studied case. The majority of process integration studies have focused on the design and management of an efficient operation by taking the advantage of information technology. Little was known about the downsides of process integration. It is necessary to build deep knowledge about the management of integration inflexibility so that risks of integration failure can be minimized. By summarizing literature and industry experiences of process integration and enterprise flexibility and inflexibility, three types of inflexibility are proposed. They are operational, organizational, and system inflexibilities. The sources of these inflexibilities can be categorized into two types: nature of IT-enabled integrating and technological barriers. These two sources of inflexibility, observed in the studied case, are interrelated and can correlatively affect business performance. Companies that intend to apply process integration to their sales compensation process would aim for eliminating the risk of integration downsides by examining the sources of inflexibilities in the IT-enabled process. Only with a solid and thorough view of the system, could companies achieve their goals of rolling out the packaged service in the compensation plan process. This paper analyses the up and down sides of process integration and plans to provide guidance for further application of process integration packages.

L’objectif principal de ce mémoire est de mieux comprendre le rôle des différents acteurs que rencontrent des travailleurs en arrêt de travail, en raison d’un accident survenu par le fait ou à l’occasion de leur travail, sur la trajectoire et la santé mentale de ceux-ci. Dans un deuxième temps, il est important de déterminer l’effet que peut avoir le soutien social sur le niveau de détresse psychologique ressenti par ces travailleurs. Pour réaliser cette recherche, des données ont été recueillies provenant d’entretiens réalisés auprès de patients d’une polyclinique à Montréal qui étaient en arrêt de travail. Basée sur un échantillon de 12 travailleurs, l’étude réalisée a révélé que les différents acteurs ont une influence sur la trajectoire de ces travailleurs et que plusieurs facteurs du soutien social ont un impact sur le niveau de bien-être ou de détresse psychologique ressentis. En effet, le fait d’avoir un soutien émotionnel, d’estime, d’affiliation, tangible, instrumental et/ou encore informationnel, d’être intégré socialement, d’avoir l’occasion de se sentir utile et nécessaire, de pouvoir confirmer sa valeur ainsi que d’obtenir de l’aide concrète et matérielle sont des facteurs du soutien social qui agissent comme protecteur contre la détresse psychologique. À l’inverse, le fait d’être en marge du marché du travail et de ne pas avoir accès à ces différentes formes de soutien ou simplement le fait de penser que c’est le cas sont des facteurs qui font augmenter significativement le niveau de détresse psychologique. / The main objective of this master’s thesis is to better understand the role of the different actors encountered by workers in work stoppage, due to an accident which occurred because of work or while working, on their mental health and on their path. Secondly, it is important to determine the effect that social support can have on the level of psychological distress felt by these workers. In order to carry out this research, data were collected from interviews with patients of a polyclinic of Montreal who were in work stoppage. Based on a sample of 12 workers, this study revealed that different actors have an influence on the path of those workers and that multiple social support factors have an impact on the level of well-being or psychological distress of those individuals. Indeed, having emotional, material, instrumental, informational, esteem, affiliation or tangible support, being integrated socially, feeling useful and needed, being able to confirm its value and to obtain practical or material support, are all social support factors which protect against psychological distress. Conversely, being excluded from the labor market, not being able to have access to those different forms of support or even the simple fact of perceiving it as such, are all factors which significantly increase the level of psychological distress.