... demands, as an overemphasis on inclusion during high-stress periods may inadvertently drain resources and heighten RTC. Without leadership that helps employees adapt to organizational change, transitions often provoke negative responses, such as disengagement or resistance. To address these risks...

...Armin Pircher Verdorfer; Xuan Feng; Claudia Peus; Dieter Frey Purpose While the benefits of servant leadership are well established, its effectiveness during major organizational change remains unclear. Grounded in conservation of resources theory, this study examines how servant leadership...

... were experiencing organizational change completed a survey at two points in time. Data were analyzed using regression analyses and the bootstrapping approach. Findings Managers perceive promotive but not prohibitive group change-related voice as support. Perceived subordinate support serves...

... leadership in change through systems theory is Burke and Litwin’s (1992) causal model of organizational performance and change. The model aims to guide organizational change by describing the organization as composed of variables grouped into two categories: transformational factors (external environment...

... squares regression was used to analyze the data. Findings The negative association between mindfulness and resistance to organizational change was indirectly explained by the degree of optimism and general self-efficacy associated with mindfulness. Research limitations/implications First, the data...

...Kevin J. Johnson; Céline Bareil; Laurent Giraud; David Autissier Purpose – Two complementary objectives are addressed in this paper. First, several studies are introduced based on the assumption that organizational change is now excessive. The purpose of this paper is to propose an operational...

...Maria Vakola Purpose – At the heart of organizational change lies the extent to which individuals cope with the uncertainties and complexities that change introduces into their work lives. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the behavioral reactions of employees to change and their associated...

...Runtian Jing; Jia Lin Xie; Jing Ning Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the antecedents (psychological contract and perceived reasons for change) and consequences (work behaviors and well-being) of employees’ commitment to organizational change. Design/methodology/approach...

...Roy K. Smollan Purpose – Participants in organizational change use metaphors in discourse as a means of sense making, since they provide insight into ways of thinking and feeling about organizational change that are not as easily or as graphically captured by more conventional language. Although...

... revealed that age was not related to fit and performance before but was negatively related to fit and performance after organizational change. These relationships were mediated by job experience. Job experience made it more difficult for employees – whether young or old – to adapt to workplace changes...

... percent. For the present study, only the information from the survey among teachers (n=419) was used. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Change management Social dynamics Networking Perception Business support services Organizational change One clear trend...

... in adjustment during organizational change. The paper will be of interest to academics and practicing managers, particularly those concerned with the effective management of change programmes. Psychological climate is conceptualized as a multidimensional construct comprising an individual's psychologically...

... broad as to include the major sources of global variation within modern societies (Smith et al., 1996). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 India Change management Organizational change Human resource strategies Change is one of the most common phenomena...

...Sierk Ybema This article seeks to further understand the significance of “organizational nostalgia” for processes of organizational change and to develop the mirror concept “managerial postalgia”. If nostalgia is a longing for a paradisical past, postalgia refers to a longing for a heavenly future...

... Telecommunication services Strategic alliances Organizational change Organizational culture International cooperation The third development underlying the fundamental changes in the telecom sector is the growing number of multinationals and rise rise of organisational networks. Telecommunication...

... the effect of personality. The practical implications of these findings are discussed in relation to the phases of a change project. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Personality Organizational change Greece As organisations try to survive and remain competitive, they are reorganising...

... likely to respond than those who were not. However, our objective in the project was primarily to make year‐on‐year comparisons using a consistent approach. Organizational change Redundancy Delayering Organizational behaviour Change management United Kingdom This paper is based...

... government Organizations Absenteeism Employees Organizational change The focus group discussions were organised in this way for the following reasons. In the first instance, it was believed that this form of organisation would enable the researchers to obtain the dual perspectives of those who...

... relocation, with the result that the change was deemed less of a “family issue” than an essentially work and organizational change. The sample consisted of 176 employees, for whom matched before and after questionnaires were available. Pre‐relocation measures included demographics, justification...

... behaviour and was constructed from key words derived in the quadrant of active‐passive and overt‐covert dimensions illustrated in Figure 1 . © MCB UP Limited 2001 Organizational change Resistance Defence Humour Individuals go through a reaction process when they are personally...