From Mobilization to Institutionalization: The Role of Psychological Sense of Community in Commitment to Organizational Change among University Faculty and Staff

Autor/in	Griggs, Brandon Clark
Titel	From Mobilization to Institutionalization: The Role of Psychological Sense of Community in Commitment to Organizational Change among University Faculty and Staff
Quelle	(2017), (186 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-3555-2403-1
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Sense of Community; Organizational Change; College Faculty; School Personnel; Employee Attitudes; Public Colleges; Path Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Organisationswandel; Fakultät; Schulpersonal; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Pfadanalyse
Abstract	Employees in the workplace continue to exhibit low levels of engagement and organizational commitment that impede change initiatives, and despite more than 70 years of research on organization change, higher education organizations fail to regularly implement and institutionalize effective change. This study examined the role a sense of community plays in the change process, including the beliefs of faculty and staff and their commitment to institutionalize change. This study used path analysis to determine the direct and indirect effects of a psychological sense of community, analyzing 114 faculty and staff responses from a public 4-year institution undergoing a significant organizational transformation. The path model resulted in an excellent fit of chi[superscript 2](1) = 9.491 (p = 0.303), CFI = 0.996, and RMSEA = 0.041. Findings indicated that a psychological sense of community directly affects faculty and staff beliefs about change, including appropriateness (R[superscript 2] = 0.296), principal support (R[superscript 2] = 0.399), efficacy (R[superscript 2] = 0.310), and valence (R[superscript 2] = 0.439). Within these change beliefs, appropriateness was the pathway through which a psychological sense of community indirectly affected employees' affective commitment to change (R[superscript 2] = 0.549). The implications of this study provide positive approaches for organizational leaders to appropriately build environments in which employees become engaged through experiencing a sense of belonging, influence, interdependence, and a shared emotional connection that supports and sustains the changes necessary for institutions to succeed in a time when internal and external stakeholders demand change in higher education. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01