Implementing Change in Public Organizations: The Relationship Between Leadership and Affective Commitment to Change in a Public SectorVan der Voet, J. Kuipers, B. S., & Groeneveld, S. (2016). Implementing change in public organizations: the relationship between leadership and affective commitment to change in a public sector context. Public Management Review, 18(6), 842–865. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2015.1045020
This article proposes and tests a theoretical framework of the relationship between transformational leadership behavior and affective commitment to change in a public sector context. Change management theory explains how to direct supervisors to contribute to processes of organizational change, and by doing so increase affective commitment to change among employees.