Under what conditions do public managers favor and pursue organizational change?
By: Fernandez, Sergio.
Contributor(s): Pitts, David W.
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ArticlePublisher: 2007Description: p.324-41.Subject(s): Managers | Organizational change
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American Review of Public AdministrationSummary: Managerial leaders play a prominent role in organizational change - as champions for change and as key players in its implementation. This study seeks to understand why public managers choose to support change and initiate it within their organizations. A model of change-related attitude and behavior is developed and tested in the study. The results indicate that a complex pattern of internal and external factors influence a public manager's attitude and behavior relating to change. The results also suggest that top-down and bottom-up drivers of change work simultaneously to influence a public manager's decision manager's decision to assume the role of a change agent. - Reproduced.
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 37, Issue no: 3 | Available | AR76566 |
Managerial leaders play a prominent role in organizational change - as champions for change and as key players in its implementation. This study seeks to understand why public managers choose to support change and initiate it within their organizations. A model of change-related attitude and behavior is developed and tested in the study. The results indicate that a complex pattern of internal and external factors influence a public manager's attitude and behavior relating to change. The results also suggest that top-down and bottom-up drivers of change work simultaneously to influence a public manager's decision manager's decision to assume the role of a change agent. - Reproduced.
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