Data on strategic change on employees’ behavioural attitudeand firm performance of selected manufacturing firms in Nigeria

Adeniji, C. G. and Adeyeye, Olufemi J. and Iyiola , O.O. and Olokundun, Ayodele Maxwell and Motilewa, Deborah B. and Ibidunni, Ayodotun Stephen. and Akinbode, Mosunmola (2018) Data on strategic change on employees’ behavioural attitudeand firm performance of selected manufacturing firms in Nigeria. Data in Brief, 18. pp. 1551-1555.

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Abstract

In today’s businessenvironment,organizationsmustcontinually and constantlyreinventthemselvestostayrelevantbecausethey conduct operationsinworkplacesthatarecharacterizedbysteady competition anderraticchange.Moststudiesshowthatorgani- zational improvementcannotoccurwithoutstrategicchanges directedtoyieldadifferenceinperformance.Thus,improving performance requirestheconsiderationofchange-relatedpolicies and individuals’ dispositions relevanttochange.Strategicchange as perceivedbymanyauthorsrequiresqualitativechangesandnot simple continuousandusualchanges.Strategicchangemustbe aligned tothemission,andpurposeofanorganization.Employees’ attitudes towardschangestronglyrelatestotheirattitudesabout their employerandchangesattheirorganizationbecauseorgani- zations continuallycommencenewprogramsoforganizational change, theseongoingandseeminglyendlesseffortsputalotof burden notonlyonorganizationsbutalsoonindividuals. Researchershighlightthechallengestostrategicchangeas;poor organizational managementandculture,increasedtechnology installation, organizationalstructure,strongcompetitionand employeeissues.Attitudestowardstrategicchangearethefeelings employeeshavetowarddifferentinternalpoliciesoftheorgani- zation. Manyinvestigationssuggestthatitisreasonabletoexpect employeestoreacttostrategicchangeeffortssincetheprocessof change involvesgoingfromtheknowntotheunknown

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Strategicchange EmployeeBehaviouralattitude Firm performance Manufacturing Companies Nigeria
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce H Social Sciences > HG Finance
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Management Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi
Date Deposited:	20 Sep 2018 10:22
Last Modified:	15 May 2019 08:31
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/11843

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