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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2022.20.4.247

A Study on the Antecedents and Consequences of Acceptance of Organizational Change  

Yang, Pil-Seok (School of Business Administration, University of Ulsan)
Kim, Hae-Ryong (School of Business Administration, University of Ulsan)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.20, no.4, 2022 , pp. 247-260 More about this Journal
Abstract
In order to advance theoretical and practical understanding of innovative behaviors and affective commitment to change, this study investigated the relationship among innovation supporting organizational culture, decentralized structure, acceptance of organizational change, and affective commitment to change and tested the mediating effect of acceptance of organizational change in the relationship. Data were collected from 261 employees at H corporation and analyzed to test suggested research hypotheses using SPSS 20.0 and AMOS 20.0. The results are as follows: First, it is found that innovation supporting organizational culture influences positively acceptance of organizational change and affective commitment to change. Second, results show that decentralized structure influences positively acceptance of organizational change, but does not influence innovative behavior. Third, it is found that acceptance of organizational change influences positively affective commitment to change and innovative behavior. Fourth, it is also found that acceptance of organizational change mediates partially the relationship between innovation supporting organizational culture and affective commitment to change and acceptance of organizational change mediates completely the relationship between decentralized structure and affective commitment to change. With these findings, it is confirmed that innovation supporting organizational culture and decentralized structure influence positively affective commitment to change and innovative behavior through acceptance of organizational change. Limitations and suggestions were discussed.
Keywords
Innovation-Supportive Organizational Culture; Decentralized Structure; Acceptance of Organizational Change; Affective Commitment to Change; Innovative Behavior; Mediating Effect;
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