Participation in Organizational Change

This study was carried out as part of a long-term Quality of Work Life experiment in one division of a utility. The experiment is part of a national effort to examine collaborative union-management problem-solving and change implementation. The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of a formal participative process of implementing change established as part of the experiment. Participation occurred in two levels or intensities: (1) direct via membership on either a joint committee or on one of several task forces, and (2) indirect or nonmembership. Subjects were measured at three points in time on a variety of perceptual and attitudinal measures. An analysis of covariance revealed that when job level and pretest scores were held constant, direct participants increased in their perceptions of influence in decision-making and in organizational attitudes in comparison to indirect participants. A second analysis indicated that the changes persisted during an additional time interval. It was concluded that the participative process was a major intervention in the experiment. Recommendations for enhancing formal modes of participation were provided

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• Successful Organizational Change

  Jeroen Stouten, Denise M Rousseau et al.•Academy of Management Annals•2018

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• From the bottom‐up

  Brigitte Steinheider, Todd Wuestewald•Police Practice and Research•2008

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• Change in unit‐level job attitudes following strategic interventions

  Open Access•Omar Solinger, Jeff Joireman et al.•Journal of Organizational Behavior•2021

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• Beyond testimonials

  Open Access•Susan Albers Mohrman, Luke Novelli•Journal of Organizational Behavior•1985

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• Cognitive and motivational frameworks in U.S. research on participation

  Open Access•Jennifer A Wagner, John A Wagner III et al.•Journal of Organizational Behavior•1997

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• Testing the reciprocity norm in a recreation management setting

  Mark S Searle•Leisure Sciences•1989

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• A Test of Participation Theory in a Work Re-design Field Setting

  Open Access•Barry A Macy, Mark F Peterson et al.•Human Relations•1989

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• Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences

  Jacob Cohen, Patricia Cohen et al.•Applied Multiple Regression/Correla…•2014

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• New patterns of management

  Rensis Likert•New patterns of management•1987

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• Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences

  Neil W Henry, Jacob Cohen et al.•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1977

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• Research in Organizational Behavior, Vol. 7

  John Kimberly, L L Cummings et al.•Industrial and Labor Relations…•1986

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• Frontiers in Group Dynamics

  Open Access•Kurt Lewin•Human Relations•1947

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• An Experiment on Participation in a Norwegian Factory

  Open Access•John R P French, Joachim Israel et al.•Human Relations•1960

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• Overcoming Resistance to Change

  Open Access•Lester Coch, John R P French•Human Relations•1948

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• Frontiers in Group Dynamics

  Open Access•Kurt Lewin•Human Relations•1947

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• Durability of organizational change

  Stanley E Seashore, David G Bowers et al.•American Psychologist•1970

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• The experimental change of a major organizational variable

  Nancy C Morse, Everett Reimer•Journal of Abnormal & Social…•1956

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• Patterns of Aggressive Behavior in Experimentally Created “Social Climates

  Kurt Lewin, Ronald Lippitt et al.•The Journal of Social Psychology•1939

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• Participation, Achievement, and Involvement on the Job

  R H Hall, Martin Patchen•American Sociological Review•1971

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• Organizational, work, and personal factors in employee turnover and absenteeism

  Lyman W Porter, Richard M Steers et al.•Psychological Bulletin•1973

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• Some personality determinants of the effects of participation

  Victor H Vroom•Journal of Abnormal & Social…•1959

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• Management by Participation

  Vernon E Buck, Alfred J Marrow et al.•Industrial and Labor Relations…•1968

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