Attitudes Toward Organizational Change among Public Middle Managers


Autoria(s): Giauque D.
Data(s)

01/02/2015

Resumo

Positive attitudes toward change (PATC) are an important current issue in public organizations facing profound financial and managerial reforms. This study aims to identify social and organizational antecedents of PATC. The investigated population is composed of middle managers working in Swiss public hospitals (N = 720), which are currently being confronted by major reforms. Partial mediation effects of organizational commitment (OC) in the relationships between independent variables and PATC are also controlled. The findings show that perceived social support (work relationships with colleagues and supervisors) as well as perceived organizational support (employee voice and participation, information and communication, work-life balance) are positively and significantly related to PATC. Stress perception is shown to have a negative impact on PATC. This article provides valuable contributions with respect to antecedents of attitudes toward change in a population of public middle managers.

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https://serval.unil.ch/?id=serval:BIB_05B77AD6B0CE

isbn:0091-0260

doi:10.1177/0091026014556512

http://my.unil.ch/serval/document/BIB_05B77AD6B0CE.pdf

http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_05B77AD6B0CE7

Idioma(s)

en

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Fonte

Public Personnel Management, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 70-98

Palavras-Chave #attitudes towards change; public hospitals; public management reforms; middle managers; social exchange theory
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article

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