Participation and Organizational Commitment during Change

Abstract

Employee commitment and participation in organizational decision-making and problem solving are two of the more heavily-researched areas in organizational psychology and organizational behavior. This chapter takes stock of the research-based knowledge on participation and commitment prior to, during, and after organizational change. Based on this review, the chapter identifies gaps between the general literature on participation and commitment on the one hand, and the more applied organizational-change research on the other, and suggest areas for new research. It reviews key themes and findings from the general literature on participation. The chapter provides a foundation for assessing the more applied research on commitment and participation in change settings and for discussing relationships between participation and commitment during change. Research on participation and commitment in explicit-change settings is reviewed and discussed. The authors present their views on important areas for future research in the intersection between commitment, participation, and change.

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