Context Variables and Responses to Organizational Change:: Testing the Mediating Role of Attitudes

• Autor(a) principal: Nery, Vanessa de Fatima
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Neiva, Elaine Rabelo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Psicologia (Universidade de Brasília. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/18114
• topic: Comportamento Organizacional; Mudança organizacional; Contexto de mudança organizacional; Atitudes frente à mudança organizacional; Resistência; Comportamentos de apoio à mudança; Organizational change; Organizational context change; Attitudes toward organizational change; Resistance; Behavior to support chance

In the current context, increasingly fast-paced changes have become the rule in organizations, demanding constantassimilation on the part of employees. Therefore, this study investigates the mediation of attitudes in the relationship betweencontext and responses to organizational change. To test the mediation model a quantitative cross-sectional study was conductedin two public organizations. The 981 participants completed three scales. Analyses of reliability of the scales were realizedwhile regression analysis was used to test the mediation model. The model was partially confirmed, indicating the influenceof the context on attitude and behavioral responses to organizational change. This study has theoretical and methodologicalimplications for the field of organizational behavior. The practical contribution refers to an increased understanding about thefactors that facilitate the success of organizational change.