- Krug, Robert M. (x)
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Show moreOrganizations promote widely ranging workplace programs and initiatives with the goal of instituting change or maintaining previously adopted change. Often these programs and initiatives are designed to establish global standards through consistent member behavior. Using data from over 400 members of diverse organizations, this study examines several factors that affect program commitment and usage. Drawing upon innovation theory, I focus on the concept of end-user adaptation, or, as used herein, adaptation proximal activities. With regard to this mechanism, I propose and establish the mediating role that personal engagement plays in employee propensity to adopt adaptation proximal activities with regard to the program commitment and usage outcomes. Further, several conditions antecedent to personal engagement are identified with a focus on the elements of trust, control, and management behavior. Lastly, the role of risk taking propensity is explored and found to be more complex than originally conceptualized. Taken together the results indicate that characteristics of both the organization member and the workplace environment determine the degree to which workplace programs and initiatives will prove successful.
Doctorate of Management Programs
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Show moreOrganizations requiring their employees to maintain consistent standards of ethical behavior have need of a means of disseminating the required standards throughout the organization. The use of selected workplace programs, such as workplace ethics programs, has been found to fulfill that requirement. The creation of certain types of workplace ethics programs requires the establishment of employee commitment to those programs, as well as a means of reinforcing that commitment. This paper provides a preliminary conceptual framework for identifying and studying those elements that aid in the long-term sustainability of workplace ethics programs. Two related theories, work commitment theory and innovation theory, provide the basis for future research. Further, research questions are identified for this study.
Doctorate of Management Programs
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