Paper Title :The Influence of Organizational Death on Teachers’ Work Needs

Author :Yaakobi Erez, Kaufman Einat

Article Citation :Yaakobi Erez ,Kaufman Einat , (2017 ) " The Influence of Organizational Death on Teachers’ Work Needs " , International Journal of Management and Applied Science (IJMAS) , pp. 50-53, Volume-3,Issue-12

Abstract : Turbulent economies have caused many organizations worldwide to undergo “organizational death.” This experiment explored the effects of the salience of organizational death on teachers’ needs at work. 54 high-school and elementary school teachers were randomly divided into an experimental condition where participants were asked to imagine their organization (school) had to shut down and a control group. The two groups were asked to evaluate their needs at work immediately after this priming. The results show that priming organizational death salience led to a decrease in needs for a high salary, self-actualization and creativity at work. This experiment contributes to human resource management by highlighting the influence of the saliency of organizational death on employees' evaluation of work needs. Keywords: work needs; stress; organizational death

Type : Research paper

Published : Volume-3,Issue-12

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