Art. 7 Oreg et al.

Question 1

The model they propose has three categories. Which ones?

Answer 1

1. Antecedents
2. Explicit reactions
3. Change consequences

Question 2

How does the model look and what are its factors?

Answer 2

Question 3

What are the Antecedents in the model?

Answer 3

Prechange antecedents:

• Change recipient characteristics
• Internal context,

Change antecedents:

• Change process
• Perceived benefit/harm
• Change content

Question 4

What are the Explicit reactions in the model?

Answer 4

1. Affective reactions - how we feel (neg: stress, fatigue, anxiety vs. pos: Pleasantness, satisfaction)
2. Cognitive reactions - what we think (Change evaluation, change beliefs)
3. Behavioral reactions - Intentions to behave or explicit behavior that has been shown. (Change recipient involvement, behavioral intentions, coping behaviors)

Question 5

What belongs to change consequences?

Answer 5

• Work related consequences
  
  • Job satisfaction
  • Organizational commitment
  • Performance
• Personal consequences
  
  • Well-being
  • Health
  • Withdrawal

Question 6

What belongs to the change recipients characteristics?

Answer 6

• Personality traits
• Coping styles
• Needs
• Demographic variables

Question 7

What belongs to internal context?

Answer 7

• Supportive environment and trustworthy management
• Organizational commitment
• Organizational culture and climate
• Job characteristics
• Miscellaneous factors

Question 8

What belongs to change process?

Answer 8

• Participation
• communication and information
• Interactional and procedural justice
• Principal support during change
• Management change competence

Question 9

What belongs to Perceived benefit/harm?

Answer 9

• Anticiptation of negative or positive outcomes
• Job insecurity
• Distributive justice

Question 10

What belongs to change content?

Answer 10

Beyond the manner in which change was managed or the implications that change was expected to have, the content of the change may also affect change recipients’ reactions.

Content was often operationalized as the degree or perceived meaningfulness of change.

Question 11

What is meant by the term explicit reactions?

Answer 11

Our main criterion for considering a variable to be an explicit reaction was that it pertains directly to how change recipients feel (affect), what they think (cognition), or what they intend to do (behavior) in response to the change.

Question 12

What are the Jangle and Jingle fallacies?

Answer 12

Jangle: Different terms for same phenomenon

Jingle: Same term for different phenomena