Conference Presentations
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2024-03-29T06:26:55ZChange readiness in military organizations
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12127/7365
Change readiness in military organizations
Letens, Geert; Maes, D.; Verweire, Kurt; De Prins, Peter; Van Aken, E.; Keathley, H.
2019-01-01T00:00:00ZUnderstanding change in public organizations: A systematic review and research agenda
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12127/7364
Understanding change in public organizations: A systematic review and research agenda
Vanhengel, S.; Letens, Geert; George, B.; Keathley, Z.H.; Verweire, Kurt
Public organizations are continuously required to change in part due to shifting political and societal preferences. While there is extant research demonstrating how change can be managed in public organizations, there is a lack of understanding concerning the holistic and systemic nature of public-sector change. This article aims to integrate empirical research on public-sector change in order to provide a conceptual framework centered on unravelling its holistic and systemic nature. A systematic literature review on change in public organizations is conducted which draws on quantitative articles published in journals indexed in SSCI’s Public Administration category. A total of 124 articles were identified by this review. The second part of this work builds on the insights that were generated through an in-depth analysis of 40 papers of the final paper set. For this purpose, 100 factors were extracted that have significant relationships with either the context of change or its impact. Lastly the retained factors were projected on the criteria of the Six Batteries of Change model. This model offers a holistic framework that is proved to be a key driver to boost change, based on empirical research in 111 organizations with various backgrounds. The projection provides valuable insights regarding the rational and emotional side of change in public organizations, their context and impact. This leads to recommendations for future research that is needed to counter the current change paradigms.
2021-01-01T00:00:00ZUnderstanding change in public organizations: A systematic and integrative review
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12127/7363
Understanding change in public organizations: A systematic and integrative review
Vanhengel, S.; Letens, Geert; George, B.; Keathley, Z.H.; Verweire, Kurt
Public organizations are continuously required to change in part due to shifting political and societal preferences. While there is extant research demonstrating how change can be managed in public organizations, there is a lack of understanding concerning the holistic and systemic nature of public-sector change. This article aims to integrate empirical research on public-sector change in order to provide a conceptual framework centered on unravelling its holistic and systemic nature. A systematic literature review on change in public organizations is conducted which draws on quantitative articles published in journals indexed in SSCI’s Public Administration category. A total of 124 articles were identified by this review. The second part of this work builds on the insights that were generated through an in-depth analysis of 40 papers of the final paper set. For this purpose, 100 factors were extracted that have significant relationships with either the context of change or its impact. Lastly the retained factors were projected on the criteria of the Six Batteries of Change model. This model offers a holistic framework that is proved to be a key driver to boost change, based on empirical research in 111 organizations with various backgrounds. The projection provides valuable insights regarding the rational and emotional side of change in public organizations, their context and impact. This leads to recommendations for future research that is needed to counter the current change paradigms.
2021-01-01T00:00:00ZThe relative importance of environmental aspects vs. social aspects in defining sustainability vs. driving consumer boycott behavior
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12127/7356
The relative importance of environmental aspects vs. social aspects in defining sustainability vs. driving consumer boycott behavior
Schacht, Ole; Weijters, Bert; Deltomme, Berre; Goedertier, Frank; Van den Bergh, Joeri
Companies increasingly include sustainability claims in their marketing and communication towards customers. Often firms assume that these customers have a non-ambiguous understanding of sustainability and suppose that the environmental dimension is the dominant consumer association. Using CFA applied to cross-national data from 7 countries, we find that
consumers meaningfully distinguish social and environmental aspects when defining sustainability. Our results show that the environmental dimension is key but that the importance gap between both dimensions declines when consumers identify reasons to boycott brands. As consumer boycotts are an increasingly trending phenomenon, we show that social sustainability facets are important drivers of consumer boycotts. Based on our results, we conclude that firms that set sustainability priorities based on how they think consumers define sustainability might misfire, as social aspects might be underestimated as
key drivers of boycott behavior.
2022-01-01T00:00:00Z