Organizational change: The role of climate and job satisfaction in child welfare workers' perception of readiness for change

Diversity in Unity: Perspectives from Psychology and Behavioral Sciences

“…The results support previous research by Claiborne et al (2013), which showed that not all aspects of job satisfaction contribute to readiness for change, and only communication affects the readiness for change of employees. Organisational change often causes uncertainty for the employees about their company.…”

“…The study revealed that not all aspects of job satisfaction contribute to the readiness for change. The results showed that only the communication aspect has an effect on the employee's readiness for change (Claiborne et al, 2013). Therefore, the communication in the company becomes an important thing to note during the implementation process of change.…”

“…Further, the research of Wanberg and Banas (2000) showed that employees who are satisfied with their work are more willing to accept change (Cordery et al, 1993;Iverson, 1996). Meanwhile, Claiborne et al (2013). The study also showed the relationship between the readiness for change with various aspects of job satisfaction.…”

What’s in it for others? The relationship between prosocial motivation and commitment to change among youth care professionals

“…Model 1 includes only the control variables related to personal characteristics of the respondents. In model 2, the factors related to the implementation process and job satisfaction are entered, as prior studies have shown that such factors account for a large portion of the variance in commitment to change of employees (Wright, Christensen, and Isett 2013;Van der Voet 2015;Claiborne et al 2013). In model 3, prosocial motivation, societal meaningless and client meaningfulness are introduced in the analysis.…”

“…All measures for the change process characteristics are taken from Wanberg and Banas (2000). In addition, job satisfaction was added as a control variable based on the study by Claiborne et al (2013), who report that job satisfaction is an important determinant of support for change among youth care workers.…”