Effect of Participation in Strategic and Tactical Decisions on Acceptance of Planned Change
- 1 August 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Social Psychology
- Vol. 130 (4) , 459-465
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1990.9924607
Abstract
Participation of workers or clients in decision-making has been suggested as a critical method for achieving acceptance and effectiveness of planned change (Blumberg, 1976). The literature does not provide full support for this suggestion (Locke and Schweiger, 1979; Wagner and Gooding, 1987). The present study investigated the type of change decision and change certainty, which may moderate the effect of participation on change acceptance. A battery of psychological ability tests was administered to 222 Israeli subjects participating in a laboratory experiment. Subjects in three experimental group were offered an opportunity to participate in strategic and/or tactical decisions regarding a change in type of test. The fourth group was not given any chance for participation. The effect of participation upon acceptance of change was consistent with the proposed hypotheses.Keywords
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