Where you stand depends on where you sit: Participation and reactions to change

✍ Scribed by Nancy Winemiller Basinger; Jessica Romine Peterson

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 111 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1048-6682
• DOI: 10.1002/nml.217

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Although a considerable body of research on strategic planning, organizational decision making, and organizational change has emphasized the importance of participation by key stakeholders for the successful management of organizational change, few empirical studies have produced in‐depth understanding of the differing perspectives of stakeholder groups according to their level of involvement in decisions about major change. This case study examines the differing perspectives and perceptions of stakeholders leading into and during the merger of two nonprofit arts organizations. It refines and enriches existing empirical research on the effects of participation on the implementation of change.