Organizational Development: Description, Issues, and Some Research Results

The trusted general manager and business unit performance: empirical evidence of a competitive advantage

“…In a restaurant where there is a higher level of trust in the general manager (GM), we expect the employees to be more highly committed to the success of the restaurant (and the general manager) and work in more effective ways to increase the volume of sales. Trust has been shown to influence such behaviors as communication (Mellinger, 1956), problem-solving (Zand, 1972), and adaptivity (Kegan, 1971). Such effective behaviors as these are likely to increase the restaurant's sales volume.…”

Taxonomies of Organizational Change: Literature Review and Analysis

“…This is the single most widely supported research finding on organizational change (Alschuler, 1974;Clark, A., 1972;Clark, P., 1975;Dyer et al, 19701 Friedlander, 1968;Jonason, 1976;Kegan, 1971;Lee, 1977;Morse, 1968;Revans, 1972;Schmuckler, 1971;Topliss, 1974;Zeira, 1973).…”

Organizational Development Level Determination Scale: A Validity and Reliability Study

“…In the draft item pool created for the first time by the researcher after the literature review, possible dimensions were predicted as organizational identification, shared vision, organizational communication networks, organizational competence, personnel empowerment, organizational learning, organizational effectiveness, organizational change, technological adaptation, and professionalism. Sources utilized during the creation of the draft item pool upon literature review on research regarding organizational development are Kegan (1971); Raia (1972); White and Wooten (1983); Dinçer (1986); Öncül (1995); Karadağ (1999); Yılmaz (2007) (2020). After the focus group discussions, the number of dimensions reached in the new situation was reduced to 7 and the number of items to 41.…”