Faktor Penentu kepada Sinisisme Pekerja terhadap Perubahan Khusus dan Hubungannya dengan Niat untuk Menentang Perubahan dalam Sistem Politeknik di Malaysia
Determinant Factors of Employee’s Cynicism towards Specific Change and its Relationship with Intention to Resist Change in the Polytechnics System in Malaysia

Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business
College of Business, University Utara Malaysia
06010 Sintok, Kedah

azila@uum.edu.my

Jabatan Pengajian Politeknik, Kementerian Pengajian
Tinggi Malaysia
Aras 3-5, Jalan P4W, Persiaran Perdana, Presint 4
62100 Putrajaya

zamzam@mohe.gov.my

Abstract

Employee’s cynicism towards organizational change or known as change-specific cynicism refers to the tendency of employees to be cynical about any changes introduced by their respective organisations. This study examines the roles of trust in management, organizational identification and participation in decision making factors in influencing employees’ cynicism when dealing with organisational change. It also assesses the relationship between change-specific cynicism with intention to resist changes. A total of 263 teachers working in the Polytechnics in Malaysia have been chosen as sample in this study. The findings of this study state that there are two factors that negatively influencing change-specific cynicism; trust in management and participation in decision making. Result of the present study also shows that there is a positive relationship between change-specific cynicism with the intention to resist change. Theoretical and practical implications of the study details as well as suggestions for future research are discussed.

Keywords

Menentang Perubahan; Sinisisme Pekerja

Citation

Mohd Noor, N. A., & Mohd Walid, Z. (2012). Faktor Penentu kepada Sinisisme Pekerja terhadap Perubahan Khusus dan Hubungannya dengan Niat untuk Menentang Perubahan dalam Sistem Politeknik di Malaysia. Jurnal Pengurusan, 35, 71–86.

@article{mohdnoor2012faktor,
  title={Faktor Penentu kepada Sinisisme Pekerja terhadap Perubahan Khusus dan Hubungannya dengan Niat untuk Menentang Perubahan dalam Sistem Politeknik di Malaysia},
  author={Mohd Noor, Nor Azila and Mohd Walid, Zamzam},
  journal={Jurnal Pengurusan},
 

volume={35},
  number={},
  pages={71—86},
  year={2012},
  doi={},
  publisher={Penerbit UKM},
}

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