Organizational development and change: 3 co-authors honoured
Patrick Groulx, Francis Maisonneuve and Kevin J. Johnson
August 29, 2024
The Rupert F. Chisholm Best Theory-to-Practice Paper Award, presented by the Organizational Development & Change Division of the Academy of Management, was given to alumnus Patrick Groulx (PhD 2023), Assistant Professor at ESG UQAM, PhD student Francis Maisonneuve, and Professor Kevin J. Johnson, Associate Director of Pôle Santé HEC Montréal, and Director of the MBA Program and the Research Centre on Organizational Transformation (CÉTO).
The winning publication entitled “When Participation Leads to Change Fatigue: The Moderating Effect of Laissez-Faire Leadership”, addresses a significant organizational challenge: how to effectively engage employees in the change process while preventing change fatigue.
Communication and participation strategies are pivotal in change management, yet little research has explored their varying effectiveness under different conditions. Building on the Job Demand-Resource theory (JD-R), and through an empirical study conducted among 340 employees in a Canadian governmental organization undergoing cultural and digital transformations, the 3 co-authors propose that these strategies enhance affective engagement to change by reducing change fatigue, with the moderation effect of laissez-faire leadership.
“Our team at Pôle Santé and CÉTO has always valued the applied impact of research in the management of current and future organizational transformations. So, we are especially proud that our paper won this award from among so many other relevant and first-rate publications.”
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