A Study on the Relationship between Employee Career Commitment and Employee Readiness for Organizational Change (Special reference to the Government schools in Trincomalee District)

Abstract

Managing change effectively is a main challenge in the change management domain because of massive human involvement. Thus, leaders and change agents are eager to know how to encourage and effectively prepare employees for change situation. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between employee career commitment and employee readiness for organizational change. The objectives were to investigate employee career commitment to the organization and identify the impact of employee commitment on readiness for organizational change in Government schools in Trincomalee District where various change reforms have been introduced recently. This empirical study proceeded by a systematic review of literature that led to development of a conceptual model. The data was collected from a sample of 100 graduate teachers from Government School in Trincomalee district by using a survey questionnaire. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results showed that independent variable (Career Commitment) was positively and significantly correlated to the dependent variable (readiness for organizational change).This study provide empirical evidence for employee readiness predictor variables for organizational change. This study may contribute to the literature on change management, particularly for Sri Lanka, and may assist the management, change agents and practitioners of human resources management and development, and organizational behaviour in assessing, designing and evaluating new or existing programmes for organizational change.