Employees' reaction to the change to work teams - The influence of "anticipatory" injustice

Authors
Shapiro, DL Kirkman, BL
Citation
Dl. Shapiro et Bl. Kirkman, Employees' reaction to the change to work teams - The influence of "anticipatory" injustice, J ORG CHNG, 12(1), 1999, pp. 51-66
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Management
Journal title
JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT
ISSN journal
09534814 → ACNP
Volume
12
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
51 - 66
Database
ISI
SICI code
0953-4814(1999)12:1<51:ERTTCT>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
This paper reports the findings of a study regarding the reactions of 492 l ine-level employees from two Fortune 500 organizations in response to the o rganizations' recent implementation of self-managing work teams (SMWTs). As predicted, we found that anticipatory injustice was significantly positive ly related to change-resistance and turnover intentions; and significantly negatively related to employees' commitment; and that procedural justice ca n mitigate the latter relationships. Implications for managing change are d iscussed.