Participation’s Effect on Organizational Readiness for Change

This cross-sectional correlation study examined an array of variables (i.e., process, personality, and context-specific) that influence organizational readiness for change. Participation (process variable) was related to higher mean scores in each of the four distinct readiness for change scales and explained a significant amount of incremental variance in appropriateness, valence, and efficacy. Personality variables, when taken in total, explained a significant amount of variance in each hierarchical regression model ran on the four readiness factors. Three personality variables displayed significantly higher mean scores (i.e., positive affect, locus of control, and general attitudes toward change) for participants versus non-participants. Context-specific variables explained a significant amount of incremental variance above that explained by personality variables for each readiness factor. Moreover, participants displayed higher mean scores in all six contextual variables.

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