Title |
Organizational factors associated with readiness for change in residential aged care settings
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, February 2018
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DOI | 10.1186/s12913-018-2832-4 |
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Authors |
Kathryn von Treuer, Gery Karantzas, Marita McCabe, David Mellor, Anastasia Konis, Tanya E. Davison, Daniel O’Connor |
Abstract |
Organizational change is inevitable in any workplace. Previous research has shown that leadership and a number of organizational climate and contextual variables can affect the adoption of change initiatives. The effect of these workplace variables is particularly important in stressful work sectors such as aged care where employees work with challenging older clients who frequently exhibit dementia and depression. This study sought to examine the effect of organizational climate and leadership variables on organizational readiness for change across 21 residential aged care facilities. Staff from each facility (N = 255) completed a self-report measure assessing organizational factors including organizational climate, leadership and readiness for change. A hierarchical regression model revealed that the organizational climate variables of work pressure, innovation, and transformational leadership were predictive of employee perceptions of organizational readiness for change. These findings suggest that within aged care facilities an organization's capacity to change their organizational climate and leadership practices may enhance an organization's readiness for change. |
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Student > Bachelor | 27 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 22 | 9% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 8% |
Lecturer | 18 | 7% |
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Business, Management and Accounting | 32 | 13% |
Social Sciences | 27 | 11% |
Psychology | 19 | 8% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 6% |
Other | 31 | 13% |
Unknown | 85 | 35% |