The psychological adjustment of middle managers after revolutionary organisational change

Title: The psychological adjustment of middle managers after revolutionary organisational change
Creator: Coates, Nicholas Robert
ThesisAdvisor: Fisher, Sarah
Subject: Psychology, Industrial -- South Africa Organizational change -- South Africa Organizational change -- Psychological aspects Management -- Psychological aspects
Date: 1999
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MSocSc
Identifier: vital:3190
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008554
Description: With the accelerated process of political and socio-economic transformation in South Africa, revolutionary organisational change has become a given in contemporary South African business life (Human & Horwitz, 1992). For revolutionary organisational change to succeed in South Africa, middle managers who represent the 'cement' of the organisation, need to adjust at the individual level. However, the literature on organisational change remains curiously silent about individual adjustment (Ashford, 1988). The goals of the research were firstly, to recount the middle manager's perceptions and experiences of revolutionary organisational change. Secondly, to detail the psychological re-
Format: 188 leaves, pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University, Faculty of Humanities, Psychology
Language: English
Rights: Coates, Nicholas Robert

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