Contemplating workplace change

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Klag, M., Jansen, K. J. and Lee, M. D. (2015) Contemplating workplace change. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 51 (1). pp. 36-70. ISSN 1552-6879 doi: 10.1177/0021886314564013

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Drawing on topical life histories of physicians in a particularly volatile public health sector environment, we build theory around the contemplation of workplace change. Overall, our study provides evidence as to why single or multiple independent factors, such as pay or job structure, may fail to predict or explain individual decisions to stay in or change workplaces. Instead, the contemplation process we argue is a complex, evolutionary, and context-dependent one that requires individualized interventions. Our findings reveal the prevalence of episodic context-self fit assessments prompted by triggering stimuli, two mechanisms by which thought processes evolved (reinforcement and recalibration), and four characteristic story lines that explain why the thought processes manifested as they did (exploring opportunities, solving problems, reconciling incongruence, and escaping situations). Based on our findings, we encourage practitioners to regularly engage in story-listening and dialogic conversations to better understand, and potentially affect the evolving socially constructed realities of staff members.

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Item Type Article
URI https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/77981
Identification Number/DOI 10.1177/0021886314564013
Refereed Yes
Divisions Henley Business School > Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour
Uncontrolled Keywords qualitative research, change, interpretation and sensemaking, psychological processes, workplace transition
Publisher Sage
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