THE PREDICTOR OF AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT TO CHANGE: ATTITUDE VS INDIVIDUAL READINESS FOR CHANGE

• Published in: Romanian Economic and Business Review Vol. 8; no. 4SI; p. 198
• Main Author: Mangundjaya, Wustari L.H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brasov Romanian-American University 30.12.2013; Romanian-American University, Scientific Research Department
• Subjects: Attitudes; Changes; Employee attitude; Employee attitudes; Employees; Financial services; Industrial-organizational psychology; Management of change; Organizational change; Organizational research; Indonesia
• ISSN: 1842-2497; 2344-4843

The objective of the study is to identify the correlation and contribution between Attitude toward Change, Individual Readiness for Change and Commitment to Change, also to identify which variables that have contributed more to Commitment to Change. This paper based on the empirical research (N = 54), that was conducted in a financial company in Jakarta, Indonesia that was conducted some changes in their organization. Data was collected using 3 scales namely Attitude Toward Change (ATC), Individual Readiness for Change (IRFC) and Affective Commitment to Change (AC2C), and were analyzed using Multiple Regression Analysis. The result of the research showed that both ATC and IRFC have positively significant correlated with C2C, although IRFC is slightly higher than ATC. The results of this research contribute the theory about change management, especially about individual acceptance of change, individual readiness for change and its relation with Commitment to change. Result can be used for change implementation, in which management needs to develop Individual Readiness for Change, in order to achieve Commitment to Change. Key words: Attitude toward Change, Commitment to Change, Individual Readiness for Change.