Cynicism about Organizational Change

By J. P. Wanous, Arnon E. Reichers. 2000

404 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology

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In Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

1. Gerald R. Ferris
2. Wayne A. Hochwarter
3. R. S. Rubin
4. Cindy Wu
5. William H. Bommer
6. Matrecia S. L. James
7. Myeong-gu Seo
8. M. Susan Taylor

In Social Psychology

1. Gerald R. Ferris
2. Wayne A. Hochwarter
3. Matrecia S. L. James
4. Natalia M. Lorinkova
5. J. Kang
6. M. Susan Taylor
7. N. Hill
8. R. Callister

Citations in the corpus

• Changing attitudes about change: longitudinal effects of transformational leader behavior on employee cynicism about organizational change (2005, background): “As such, many scholars believe that cynicism is a malleable attitude, shaped greatly by the work context (Andersson & Bateman, 1997; Davis & Gardner, 2004; Wanous et al., 2000).”
• Transformational Leadership, Cohesion Perceptions, and Employee Cynicism About Organizational Change (2007, background): “Wanous et al. (2000) also reported that supervisor behaviors such as keeping people informed, providing information, caring about employees, and trying to understand each employee’s point of view are negatively related to employee CAOC.”
• When Is Empowerment Effective? The Role of Leader-Leader Exchange in Empowering Leadership, Cynicism, and Time Theft (2017, methodology): “Extant research has long established the negative relationship between cynicism and job-related attitudes, including organizational commitment and job satisfaction (Abraham, 2000; Reichers et al., 1997; Wanous et al., 2000).”
• The Interactive Effects of Politics Perceptions and Trait Cynicism on Work Outcomes (2004, background): “was inversely associated with participative decision-making, supervisory effectiveness, and (Wanous et al., 2000).”
• The Interactive Effects of Job Insecurity and Organizational Cynicism on Work Effort Following a Layoff (2008, background): “In support, Wanous et al. (2000) noted that cynicism was associated with a negative disposition.”