Readiness of Makassar Public High School Counsellors in Coping Organizational Change

Abstract

This study aims to determine the readiness of State High School counsellors in the city of Makassar who are confronted with organizational change. The assessment is viewed from the aspect of preparedness of counsellors that includes self-esteem, optimism and perceived control. A mixed method was used in this study that was simultaneously embedded. Survey questionnaires were distributed to 68 counsellors of State High Schools in Makassar for purposes of quantitative analysis, while an interview was conducted to five counsellor-coordinators for purposes of qualitative analysis. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were employed to best analyze the quantitative data, while the qualitative data was analyzed manually. The study revealed that the level of readiness of the 68 counsellors' performance was low in coping with organizational change. This implies that there is a need for the counsellors to improve their performance in the future. Through the qualitative analysis, it was found out that the counsellors have numerous difficulties in their ability to cope with organizational change, while the result of good performance was noted in the quantitative analysis that was conducted.

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“…This result is also in accordance with what Donatta (2018) revealed optimism is a condition of individuals who find beliefs that have benefits over something that will happen in the future. The results of this study are also supported by previous research from Dasmawati and Boon (2014) which mentioned a positive relationship between optimism and readiness for change. Research from Nwanzu and Babalola (2019) found that there is a relationship between optimism and readiness for change.…”

“…The results of the study show that optimism positively affects the readiness to change in bank employees. This research was also supported by Dasmawati and Boon (2014) the results of the study found that optimism affects the readiness to change in health counselors in Makassar. Research related to the effect of agility on readiness to change has been studied by Vaishnavi, et al (2019), the results of the study found that agility affects readiness to change.…”

“…This must be maintained and increased attitude of optimism, because optimism will encourage individuals to stay afloat to the problems they will face and have good fighting power. Previous research by Dasmawati and Boon (2014) stated that there is a positive relationship between optimism and the readiness of lecturers to make changes.…”