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Employees' attitudes toward organizational change: A literature review

Choi, Myungweon·2011·Human Resource Management
DOI 10.1002/hrm.20434
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Organizations are increasingly required to improve their ability to enhance employees' support or acceptance for change initiatives. In studies that have examined the conditions in which employees support organizational change, researchers have focused on various attitudinal constructs that represent employees' attitudes toward organizational change. The constructs, which frequently serve as key variables in these studies, include readiness for change, commitment to change, openness to change, and cynicism about organizational change. These constructs have distinct meanings and emphases and therefore they can provide us with different information regarding employees' evaluation of and concerns about particular change initiatives. In this literature review, the author discusses how the constructs are defined in the organizational change literature and synthesizes the antecedents of each construct. Based on the discussion, it is proposed that the constructs are susceptible to situational variables, and may change over time as individuals' experiences change; therefore, they are better conceptualized as states than as personality traits. ©2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Authors
Choi, M.
Affiliations
Seoul National University (KR)
Corresponding author
Choi, Myungweon
ORCID
Choi, Myungweon
Venue
Human Resource Management
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2011-07
Volume
50
Issue
4
Pages
479-500
ISSN
  • 0090-4848 (ISSN-L)
  • 1099-050X
DOI
10.1002/hrm.20434
OpenAlex
W2076351772
Cited by
520
References
108
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 41 · 2023: 55 · 2022: 46 · 2021: 55 · 2020: 52 · 2019: 40 · 2018: 43 · 2017: 35 · 2016: 33 · 2015: 30 · 2014: 18 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 7
FWCI
23.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 26 d)
Locations
Human Resource Management (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Organizational Change and Leadership
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Organizational Management and Change
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
Keywords
organizational change, employee attitudes, readiness to change, commitment to change, openness to change, antecedents of attitude, situational variables, acceptance of change

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