Value congruence and commitment to change in healthcare organizations
Journal of Advances in Management Research
ISSN: 0972-7981
Article publication date: 7 November 2016
Issue publication date: 7 November 2016
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between value congruence and affective commitment to change as well as to test the moderating roles of psychological contract breach and workplace ostracism on that very relationship.
Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected from 13 university hospitals in Turkey. The sample included 1,113 randomly chosen certified nurses and head nurses of their units. The moderating roles of psychological contract breach and workplace ostracism on the value congruence and affective commitment to change relationship were tested using the moderated hierarchical regression analysis.
Findings
The moderated hierarchical regression analysis results revealed a significant positive relationship between value congruence and employees’ commitment to change. In addition, this very relation was weaker when both psychological contract breach and workplace ostracism were higher than when they were lower.
Practical implications
This study showed that employee perception of value congruence increased employee’s affective commitment to change. Organizations can enhance employees’ affective commit by recruiting individuals who fit well within their organizations’ characteristics and by encouraging supervisors to develop close, supportive relationships with subordinates. Moreover, recognizing that employees are likely to experience concern and discomfort about a change initiative along with the fact that such psychological states (psychological contract breach or workplace ostracism) can dramatically impact the effectiveness of change efforts can help organizations to better plan change-related strategies geared towards managing properly such potentially harmful reactions.
Originality/value
The study provides new insights into the influence that value congruence may have on affective commitment to change and the moderating roles of psychological contract breach and workplace ostracism in the link between value congruence and change commitment. The paper also offers a practical assistance to employees in healthcare management and their leaders interested in building trust, increasing person-organization fit and change commitment, and lowering workplace ostracism.
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Acknowledgements
Retraction Notice: The Editorial team of Journal of Advances in Management Research wish to retract the following published article: Erkutlu, H. and Chafra, J. (2016), “Value congruence and commitment to change in healthcare organizations”, Journal of Advances in Management Research, Vol. 13 No. 3, pp. 316-333. https://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JAMR-11-2015-0078.
It appears that this article has overlap with the following articles: Erkutlu, H. and Chafra, J. (2016), “Benevolent leadership and psychological well-being: The moderating effects of psychological safety and psychological contract breach”, Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 37 No. 3, pp. 369-386. Erkutlu, H. and Chafra, J. (2016), “Impact of behavioral integrity on workplace ostracism: The moderating roles of narcissistic personality and psychological distance”, Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, Vol. 8 No. 2, pp. 222-237.
These articles were all written by the same authors, with the article included in Journal of Advances in Management Research containing overlapping sections of the authors’ previously published work without acknowledgement of this. Journal author guidelines make it clear that articles must be original and must not infringe any existing copyright and that sources must be acknowledged, including any previous publications by the authors used.
Citation
Erkutlu, H. and Chafra, J. (2016), "Value congruence and commitment to change in healthcare organizations", Journal of Advances in Management Research, Vol. 13 No. 3, pp. 316-333. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAMR-11-2015-0078
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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