Publication Type

PhD Dissertation

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

12-2022

Abstract

Organisational change is crucial to the development of enterprises. However, when enterprises are implementing major changes, there are great differences in the attitudes and behaviours of employees in different job positions toward changes. Research in this area is insufficient. Therefore, this dissertation investigates the problem of employee commitment amid enterprises’ organisational changes. This dissertation is committed to determining why employees at different levels and with different roles have different degrees of commitment to change and confirming the role of job positions in affecting employees’ psychological ownership of the change process. According to the findings, the impact of employees’ job rank and managerial position on their psychological ownership has three dimensions: having space, pursuing efficacy, and finding self-identity. The higher an employee’s rank or managerial position, the greater their sense of psychological ownership will be. There is an inverted U-shaped relationship between psychological ownership and continuance commitment to change; a U-shaped relationship between psychological ownership and affective commitment to change; and a U-shaped relationship between psychological ownership and normative commitment to change. The above assumptions are tested using both quantitative and qualitative research methods. In addition to enriching studies of organisational change, commitment to change and psychological ownership, this dissertation provides an important reference for enterprises’ change practices.

Keywords

job positions, psychological ownership, commitment to change, organisational change

Degree Awarded

Doctor of Bus Admin (CKGSB)

Discipline

Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Organizational Behavior and Theory | Organization Development

Supervisor(s)

KONG, Lee Lee

First Page

1

Last Page

134

Publisher

Singapore Management University

City or Country

Singapore

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