TY - JOUR
T1 - Managers’ experiences as recipients
T2 - impact on organizational change
AU - Ozawa, Kazuhiko
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper is a part of the outcome of research performed under the Waseda University Grant for Special Research Projects (2015S-048, 2016K-146 and 2016B-095) and JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP 17K13794. The author thank the Editor (Professor Slawomir Magala), Editorial Assistant (Professor Marja Flory) and the two anonymous reviewers for their valuable feedback and suggestions that significantly improved the quality and contribution of the manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited.
PY - 2020/1/29
Y1 - 2020/1/29
N2 - Purpose: Drawing on insights from change experience research, the purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of managers’ experiences, as change recipients, on organizational change implemented by the managers. Design/methodology/approach: Since the Japanese sports context fits well with the aims of this research, longitudinal data of Japanese baseball are used to test the hypotheses. The data set was created using resources such as books published by Japanese baseball institutions. Following previous research, teams are regarded as organizations, and the number of changed players in teams per year is considered. The hypotheses have been tested using regression analysis on a yearly basis. Findings: Managers’ experiences as change recipients are an essential determinant of organizational change. The findings show that the amount of change these managers experience is associated with the magnitude of organizational change they implement. Past change experiences in each organization positively moderates this relationship. Originality/value: Previous studies examined managers’ experience after their appointment, and showed its influence on organizational change. However, scarce research examines the effect of managers’ experiences as change recipients on the organizational change they implement. Thus, this is the first study to analyze and test the effects of such experiences on organizational change.
AB - Purpose: Drawing on insights from change experience research, the purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of managers’ experiences, as change recipients, on organizational change implemented by the managers. Design/methodology/approach: Since the Japanese sports context fits well with the aims of this research, longitudinal data of Japanese baseball are used to test the hypotheses. The data set was created using resources such as books published by Japanese baseball institutions. Following previous research, teams are regarded as organizations, and the number of changed players in teams per year is considered. The hypotheses have been tested using regression analysis on a yearly basis. Findings: Managers’ experiences as change recipients are an essential determinant of organizational change. The findings show that the amount of change these managers experience is associated with the magnitude of organizational change they implement. Past change experiences in each organization positively moderates this relationship. Originality/value: Previous studies examined managers’ experience after their appointment, and showed its influence on organizational change. However, scarce research examines the effect of managers’ experiences as change recipients on the organizational change they implement. Thus, this is the first study to analyze and test the effects of such experiences on organizational change.
KW - Change experience
KW - Change recipient
KW - Managers’ experience
KW - Organizational change
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U2 - 10.1108/JOCM-05-2018-0137
DO - 10.1108/JOCM-05-2018-0137
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85078070114
SN - 0953-4814
VL - 33
SP - 143
EP - 156
JO - Journal of Organizational Change Management
JF - Journal of Organizational Change Management
IS - 1
ER -