期刊名称：International Journal of Social Sciences and Education
印刷版ISSN：2227-393X
电子版ISSN：2223-4934
出版年度：2014
卷号：4
期号：4
出版社：Federal College of Education
摘要：Lack of employees’ involvement in change initiatives could cause employees to develop negative attitudes towardsthese changes, which, at the same time, could negatively influence their commitment in these changes. Sincecommitment is known to be a highly important factor determining success of a change initiative, exploringemployees’ involvement levels in changes occurring in educational organizations is thought to be significant foremployees’ commitment to changes. This study, which is primarily, centered around the question “What is therelationship between employees’ involvement in educational changes and their commitment to these changes?” aimsto reveal the relationship between teachers’ involvement in educational changes and their commitment to thesechanges by extracting their mental models about change. The study was carried out in a highly centralizededucational system where a major educational change was initiated on a national scale in 2012-2013 educationalyear. The study follows a causal-comparative model and was carried out with 573 teachers working in threeprovincial towns of Gaziantep during 2013-2014 educational year. “Commitment to Change Scale” and“Participation in Change Scale” were used as data collection tools in the study. Findings of the study have shownthat teachers’ level of involvement in 4+4+4 change initiative was low and their commitment to the change wasrelatively moderate. The study also revealed that teachers’ involvement in 4+4+4 change initiative positivelypredicts their commitment to these educational changes
