Leader idea championing for follower readiness to change or not? : a moderated mediation perspective of prosocial sensegiving

Sadarić, Antonio (avtor), Škerlavaj, Miha (avtor)

Change agents influence employee attitudes in order for organizations to change. In an effort to unravel this influence mechanism, we examined the change leader-recipient relationship. More specifically, how change leaders’ championing (independent variable) relates to recipients’ readiness to change (dependent variable). Our conceptual model of change leaders’ prosocial sensegiving is based on adult attachment theory operationalized through storytelling. To test our model, we surveyed 164 change recipients undergoing organizational change in various industries. Results confirm the first part of our model: psychological need satisfaction partially mediates the relation between change leaders’ championing and recipients’ readiness to change. In other words, prosocial change leaders act as attachment figures alleviating anxiety caused by ambiguity addressing change recipients’ proximity-seeking behaviour. Despite what has been described in scholarly works, change leaders’ methods of persuasion seem to be a more accurate indicator of recipients’ readiness for change. Part two of our hypothesized model could not be confirmed: moderation effects of leader influence and narrative intelligence could not be confirmed. We conclude that prosocial change leaders’ who demonstrate narrative intelligence use stories to elicit an emotional response from change recipients, effectively increasing their perceived psychological need satisfaction, ultimately affecting their readiness to change.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: organization, personnel, restructuring, knowledge transfer, change agents, sensemaking, change, conversations, metaphors, stories, narratives
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: EF - Ekonomska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2023
• Št. strani: Str. 200-227
• Številčenje: Vol. 23, no. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-147273
• UDK: 331.108
• ISSN pri članku: 1469-7017
• DOI: 10.1080/14697017.2023.2191128
• COBISS.SI-ID: 146630659
• Datum objave v RUL: 28.06.2023

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Journal of change management
• Skrajšan naslov: J. chang. manag.
• Založnik: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN: 1469-7017
• COBISS.SI-ID: 1662997

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno-Brez predelav 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Najbolj omejujoča licenca Creative Commons. Uporabniki lahko prenesejo in delijo delo v nekomercialne namene in ga ne smejo uporabiti za nobene druge namene.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: organizacija, kadri, prestrukturiranje, prenos znanja

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0410
• Naslov: Digitalizacija kot gonilo trajnostnega razvoja posameznika, organizacij in družbe

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Program financ.: Young researchers