Investigating and Explaining Determinants on Suspicion to Organizational Changes and its Solutions (Case Study: Bandar Abbas)

Mohammad Reza Karimi, Shahriar Azizi, Salman Abdollahi

Abstract


In knowledge and mobility age, organization continually change and this changes is for coordinating with environment and opponents. Changes are so extensive that included all aspects of organization and require using change management. Restructuring is as major changes in modern organizations, and updating it and making agility and mobility in organizations structure is necessary and undeniable. In this regard, at this research, we want to identifying factors that making suspicion to organizational change in modern port and based on theoretical studies and empirical evidences, organizational justice, participation in decision making, psychological contract breach and negative personality are identified as most important factors of employee suspicion to organizational restructuring. More, role of each factor on employee suspicion to organizational restructuring in modern port is investigated. A Questionnaire (combination of 5 Questionnaires) is used for collecting required data and its satiability and Justifiability is confirmed with using Cronbach's alpha and experts’ opinion. We use technique of modeling structural equations and LISREL software for analyzing data. Results indicate that all hypotheses of research are confirmed.

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