Adapting to Organizational Change in a Public Sector High-Reliability Context: The Role of Negative Affect and Normative Commitment to Change

IF 5.2 1区 管理学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE
Armin Pircher Verdorfer, Gerco van Ginkel
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This study aims to investigate the impact of organizational change in a public sector high- reliability context. Drawing on conservation of resources theory, our theoretical model posits that change can be stressful and cause negative affective reactions toward the change, which undermine adjustment and post-change functioning. A quantitative case study was carried out on a Dutch air force squadron undergoing a significant organizational change, including the collection of three waves of survey data from squadron members. The data underwent analysis through a process of moderated mediation. Consistently with the theoretically derived hypotheses, results show that negative affect towards the change predicted important adjustment indicators, i.e., higher levels of work role overload and work errors. Furthermore, we found that the detrimental effects of negative affect were mitigated by the level of normative commitment to change, i.e., the felt obligation to provide support for the change. Overall, the study's intended contribution lies in its detailed examination of change dynamics in the specific context of public high-reliability organizations and its potential to inform theory and practice in that area.
在公共部门高可靠性背景下适应组织变革:消极情绪和变革规范承诺的作用
本研究旨在调查组织变革对公共部门高可靠性环境的影响。我们的理论模型借鉴了资源保护理论,认为变革会给人带来压力,并导致对变革的负面情绪反应,从而影响调整和变革后的运作。我们对一个正在经历重大组织变革的荷兰空军中队进行了定量案例研究,包括从中队成员那里收集了三波调查数据。通过调节调解过程对数据进行了分析。结果表明,与理论上的假设一致,对变革的负面影响预测了重要的适应指标,即更高水平的工作角色超负荷和工作失误。此外,我们还发现,消极情绪的不利影响因对变革的规范承诺水平(即认为有义务为变革提供支持)而得到缓解。总之,本研究的预期贡献在于它对高可靠性公共组织特定背景下的变革动态进行了详细研究,并有可能为该领域的理论和实践提供参考。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory serves as a bridge between public administration or public management scholarship and public policy studies. The Journal aims to provide in-depth analysis of developments in the organizational, administrative, and policy sciences as they apply to government and governance. Each issue brings you critical perspectives and cogent analyses, serving as an outlet for the best theoretical and research work in the field. The Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory is the official journal of the Public Management Research Association.
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