Beyond mere assumptions, are public workers resistant to change?

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Jefferson Menezes de
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Estivalete, Vania de Fátima Barros, Moura, Gilnei Luiz de, Campos, Simone Alves Pacheco de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Contextus (Fortaleza. Online)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufc.br/contextus/article/view/32305
• topic: Change. Resistance. Public organizations. Organizational behavior. Survey.; Cambio. Resistencia. Organizaciones públicas. Comportamiento organizacional. Encuesta.; Mudança. Resistência. Organizações públicas. Comportamento organizacional. Survey.

In order to question the belief that public servants are predominantly resistant to change, this study intended to measure the level of resistance to change among public servants of a federal education institution located in Brazil’s south. To overcome presumptions, we sought to elucidate the prominent types of attitudes towards change by means of a survey applied to 207 staff members of the institution. The results of the evaluation made it possible to demystify a traditionalist view of public organizations, according to which public servants are considered resistant to change. In the institution studied, there was openness and acceptance to change as a central principle. In addition, the study has contributed to cushion beliefs both that older staff members resist more and that technicians do more than teachers.