Employee's cynicism in organization: A look at Malaysian higher education institution
Unlike the past few decades, the higher education environment nowadays has been experiencing tremendous transformations and changes.As a result, higher education institutions have to prepare planned changes to cope with the shifting educational environment.However, higher education institutions are...
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| Language: | English |
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://repo.uum.edu.my/17133/1/12ii.pdf http://repo.uum.edu.my/17133/ |
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| Summary: | Unlike the past few decades, the higher education environment nowadays has been experiencing tremendous transformations and changes.As a result, higher education institutions have to
prepare planned changes to cope with the shifting educational environment.However, higher education institutions are guided by traditional academic values, such as "intellectual creativity," "academic freedom," and "shared governance," more than just by the "bottom-line performance" in corporate organizations. When any change efforts interrupt the deep-rooted academic culture, academicians tend to respond with cynicism.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 organizations.This study examines the level of employees' cynicism when dealing with organizational change in higher organizational setting.A total of 263 lecturers have been chosen as sample in this study.The study shows that the level of change specific cynicism among respondents are at moderate level.Analysis undertaken shows that change specific cynicism tends to be differ across age and academic qualification.Theoretical and practical implications of the study are discussed. |
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