عنوان

Examining Predictors of Openness to Organizational Change: An Interactionist Perspective

شماره

TL48040

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Examining Predictors of Openness to Organizational Change: An Interactionist Perspective

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Negar Arefi

نام ساير پديدآوران

O'Byrne, Kristin K.

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Northcentral University

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2014

نام خاص و کميت اثر

276

متن يادداشت

Committee members: Hansen, Katharine; O'Byrne, Kristin K.

متن يادداشت

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-38608-0

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Ph.D.

نظم درجات

School of Business and Technology Management

کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده

Northcentral University

امتياز متن

2014

متن يادداشت

Only with constant change can organizations hope to remain competitive, yet studies show that approximately 70% of organizational change initiatives fail mainly due to leaders' minimal attention to human elements of the process. In order for the organizational change to succeed, employees must accept the change. Openness to change is an initial condition for acceptance; hence, it is essential to understand its predictors and how their interactions explain variances in openness to change. From an interactionist perspective, the purpose of this study was to examine (a) the predictive relationship of growth-need strength, self-efficacy, leader-member exchange, change communication, and participation in change process on openness to change; and (b) the moderating role of leader-member exchange, change communication, and participation in change process on the relationship of growth-need strength and self-efficacy with openness to change. This quantitative, non-experimental study used a cross-sectional survey-based design. A total of 316 employees of IT organizations in Iran, which either experienced or expected to experience organizational change in the near future, participated in the study. The results indicated that growth-need strength, self-efficacy, and participation predict openness to change. The findings also showed that participation moderates the relationship between self-efficacy and openness to change such that the relationship is stronger when participation is low (B = -0.970, p < .05). The results of an alternative model, developed based on the findings of factor analyses, indicated that career-growth-need strength, self-efficacy, and participation predict openness to change. Furthermore, analysis of interactions showed that leader-member exchange weakens (B = -0.79, p < .05); however, communication (B = 0.69, p < .10) and participation (B = 0.71, p < .10) strengthen the relationship between career-growth-need strength and openness to change. The relationship between self-efficacy and openness to change is strengthened by leader-member exchange (B = 0.55, p < .10) but is weakened by participation (B = -0.64, p < .10). This study also contributes to the literature by investigating the interaction of individual differences and contextual factors in predicting employees' openness to change in a different cultural context. Managerial and theoretical implications of research findings are also discussed.

موضوع مستند نشده

Management; Occupational psychology; Organizational behavior

اصطلاح موضوعی

Social sciences;Psychology;Change management;Communication;Growth-need strength;Leader-member exchange;Openness to change;Organizational change;Participation

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Weiss, Amy

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

O'Byrne, Kristin K.

تقسيم فرعي

School of Business and Technology Management

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

Northcentral University

شماره بازیابی

1640763935; 3665782

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y