1993
DOI: 10.1177/001872679304600601
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Creating Readiness for Organizational Change

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to clarify the readiness for change concept and examine how change agents can influence employee readiness for organizational change. The article contributes to an improved understanding of change dynamics in four important ways. First, readiness for change is distinguished from resistance to change. Readiness is described in terms of the organizational members' beliefs, attitudes, and intentions. Second, a model is offered that describes the influence strategies as well as the i… Show more

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“…When implement Participative decision-making strategies in the workplace scenario, huge benefits offered for both leaders and employees: Increase employee's motivation [28]; Increase the level of innovation in the organizations [29]; Increase the quality of the decision [30]; Contribute to the quality of employee's work life [29]; Increase employees' motivation [31]; Increase the level of employee's commitment [32].…”
Section: E Participative Leadershipmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…When implement Participative decision-making strategies in the workplace scenario, huge benefits offered for both leaders and employees: Increase employee's motivation [28]; Increase the level of innovation in the organizations [29]; Increase the quality of the decision [30]; Contribute to the quality of employee's work life [29]; Increase employees' motivation [31]; Increase the level of employee's commitment [32].…”
Section: E Participative Leadershipmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Awareness can be facilitated by union leaders and staff who educate members about the existence and impact of the external pressures in order to win support for organizational change (Armenakis et al 1993;Fletcher and Hurd 2001: 207).…”
Section: Factors That Drive Restructuringmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The current research addresses the individual CR which is reflected in organizational members' beliefs, attitudes and intentions regarding how urgent the change is needed, to what extent the organization is able to implement successfully, and one's emotional experience concerning the organizational change [2,23,24]. CR is regarded as the cognitive precursor to the attitude and behaviors [23]. The employee who has higher CR means that he or she will hold more positive attitudes, view the organization change as an urgent need, and think the organization is capable of implementing the change successfully.…”
Section: Individual Change Readinessmentioning
confidence: 99%