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THE EFFECTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES ON EMPLOYEE COMMITMENT: A MULTILEVEL INVESTIGATION
Author(s) -
FEDOR DONALD B.,
CALDWELL STEVEN,
HEROLD DAVID M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2006.00852.x
Subject(s) - organizational commitment , psychology , organizational change , affective events theory , social psychology , unit (ring theory) , work (physics) , process (computing) , job performance , public relations , job satisfaction , job attitude , political science , mechanical engineering , mathematics education , computer science , engineering , operating system
Organizations are concerned with the impact organizational change can have on both individuals' response to the change itself and their ongoing relationship with the organization. This study investigated how organizational changes in 32 different organizations (public and private) affected individuals' commitment to the specific change and their broader commitment to the organization. The results indicate that both types of commitment may be best understood in terms of a 3‐way interaction between the overall favorableness (positive/negative) of the change for the work unit members, the extent of the change in the work unit, and the impact of the change on the individual's job. In addition, the fairness of the change process was found to interact with the effects of work unit change on organizational commitment. The implications of these results for future research and practice are discussed.