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The purpose of this paper is to investigate how employee perceptions of change and leadership might impact work engagement following major organizational change.
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how employee perceptions of change and leadership might impact work engagement following major organizational change.
Design/methodology/approach
Social media invited US workers recently experiencing major organizational change to anonymously complete a web-based survey requesting qualitative and quantitative responses. Values-based coding and thematic analysis were used to explore qualitative data. Hierarchical and linear regression, and bootstrapped mediation were used to analyze quantitative data.
Findings
Analysis of qualitative data identified employees’ perceptions of ideal change and ideal leadership were well supported in the change leadership literature. Analysis of quantitative data indicated that employee perceptions of leadership fully mediated the relationship between employee perceptions of change and work engagement.
Practical implications
Study findings imply that how employees perceive change is explained by how they perceive leadership during change, and that these perceptions impact work engagement. Although these findings appear commonsensical, the less than stellar statistics on major organizational change may encourage leaders to become more follower-focused throughout the change process.
Originality/value
The study makes a contribution to an understudied area of organizational research, specifically applied information processing theory. This is the first study that identifies employee perceptions of leadership as a mediator for perceptions of change and work engagement. From a value perspective, leaders as successful change agents recognize significant cost savings in dollars and human welfare by maintaining healthy workplaces with highly engaged workers.
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Channel Tunnel rail link deferred Britain's Secretary of State for the Environment, Mr. Anthony Crosland, recently told the House of Commons that more time was needed to consider…
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Channel Tunnel rail link deferred Britain's Secretary of State for the Environment, Mr. Anthony Crosland, recently told the House of Commons that more time was needed to consider all the issues before a final decision on the route of the English Channel Tunnel rail link could be taken.
The Minister of Technology, Mr Anthony Wedgwood Benn, in agreement with the Secretary of State for Defence, has appointed Captain W. E. Morris, R.N., as Director, Royal Naval…
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The Minister of Technology, Mr Anthony Wedgwood Benn, in agreement with the Secretary of State for Defence, has appointed Captain W. E. Morris, R.N., as Director, Royal Naval Aircraft and Helicopter Development.
Tessa Withorn, Joanna Messer Kimmitt, Carolyn Caffrey, Anthony Andora, Cristina Springfield, Dana Ospina, Maggie Clarke, George Martinez, Amalia Castañeda, Aric Haas and Wendolyn Vermeer
This paper aims to present recently published resources on library instruction and information literacy, providing an introductory overview and a selected annotated bibliography…
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Purpose
This paper aims to present recently published resources on library instruction and information literacy, providing an introductory overview and a selected annotated bibliography of publications covering various library types, study populations and research contexts.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper introduces and annotates English-language periodical articles, monographs, dissertations, reports and other materials on library instruction and information literacy published in 2019.
Findings
The paper provides a brief description of all 370 sources and highlights sources that contain unique or significant scholarly contributions.
Originality/value
The information may be used by librarians, researchers and anyone interested as a quick and comprehensive reference to literature on library instruction and information literacy.
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The year has been notable for the publication of the first volume of the British Union‐Catalogue of Periodicals. Under the agreement with the publishers, Messrs. Butterworth &…
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The year has been notable for the publication of the first volume of the British Union‐Catalogue of Periodicals. Under the agreement with the publishers, Messrs. Butterworth & Co., Ltd., the work will be issued in four volumes; and this first volume, covering the letters A‐C, was published simultaneously here and in the United States on 3rd October 1955.
The author argues that we must stop and take a look at what our insistence on human labour as the basis of our society is doing to us, and begin to search for possible…
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The author argues that we must stop and take a look at what our insistence on human labour as the basis of our society is doing to us, and begin to search for possible alternatives. We need the vision and the courage to aim for the highest level of technology attainable for the widest possible use in both industry and services. We need financial arrangements that will encourage people to invent themselves out of work. Our goal, the article argues, must be the reduction of human labour to the greatest extent possible, to free people for more enjoyable, creative, human activities.
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Many firms have adopted one or more “radical” management remedies in a quest for breakthroughs in performance. But their goal of “discontinuous” improvements usually has an…
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Many firms have adopted one or more “radical” management remedies in a quest for breakthroughs in performance. But their goal of “discontinuous” improvements usually has an unspoken stipulation: change that causes breakdowns is not acceptable. A few innovative companies have found, however, that process and offering breakthroughs can't occur without carefully orchestrated management system conflict and breakdowns.
Three broad phases in development may be distinguished: aircraft needs, aircraft design, and aircraft operation.