Change Pressure on Organizational Commitment and Identification: Knowledge and Decision-making Competencies in Government Units

Fu-Sheng Tsai (), Wenyi Huang and Chih-Tsung Tai
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Fu-Sheng Tsai: Cheng Shiu University, Department of Tourism & Recreation and Office of Institutional Research & Management, No. 840, Chengcing Rd., Niaosong District, Kaohsiung city (833),Taiwan.
Wenyi Huang: Postgraduate Programs in Management, I-Shou University, Leader, Guidance and Counseling Section, Kaomei Junior College of Heath Care & Management, Taiwan.
Chih-Tsung Tai: Department of Business Administration, Cheng Shiu University, Taiwan.

Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences, 2017, vol. 4, issue 1, 38-47

Abstract: Staffs in government units may encounter problems of pressure when facing dramatic organizational changes. In an interesting context of administrative merge of Kaohsiung city and county, we examined the influences of change pressure on post-merger organizational identification and commitment. We further developed and investigated the detailed relationships from competence perspective, which emphasizes the importance of knowledge processing and decision making capabilities. Results followed. First, the hypothesized negative impact of change pressure on organizational identification was not supported. Second, change pressure has a significant negative influence on commitment. Third, identification influences on commitment positively. Fourth, the positive moderation role of knowledge capability in the relationship between pressure and identification was not supported. Fifth, the positive moderation role of knowledge capability in the relationship between change pressure and commitment was supported. Sixth, the positive moderation role of decision-making capability in the relationship between pressure and identification was not supported. Seventh, the positive moderation role of decision-making capability in the relationship between pressure and commitment was supported.

Keywords: Change pressure; Commitment; Identification; Knowledge competence; Decision-making competence; Government units. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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