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Readiness for Organizational Change (Holt, Armenakis, Feild & Harris)
HR & WorkReliability: alpha 0.943 sample items
About this scale
A 25-item measure of organizational change readiness across four facets: appropriateness, management support, change efficacy, and personal valence. Predicts change implementation success.
Sample item(s)
“I think that the organization will benefit from this change. (appropriateness)”
“Most of the senior leaders are committed to this change. (management support)”
“I do not anticipate any problems adjusting to the work I will have when this change is adopted. (change efficacy)”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.94. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Use ahead of major change initiatives to identify risk areas.
Source & citation
Holt, D. T., Armenakis, A. A., Feild, H. S., & Harris, S. G. (2007): Readiness for organizational change: The systematic development of a scale. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 232–255.
Holt et al. (2007): Readiness for change. JABS, 43(2), 232–255.
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