An Examination of Methodological Rigor and Its Effects on Organizational Development and Change Outcomes

Organizational development and change (ODC) is a broad field because change occurs in all organizations, occurs at multiple organizational levels, consists of numerous interventions, and can impact multiple outcomes. Many ODC efforts attempt to examine the effectiveness of their initiatives, yet fail to account for the quality, or rigor of their methods. The purpose of this paper is to examine how methodological rigor and intervention implementation quality impact ODC outcomes. The results indicate that overall methodological rigor is not a significant predictor of organizational change outcomes; however, several individual rigor criteria exhibit predictive power. Implementation quality is a significant predictor of organizational outcomes, but in a negative direction.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2005

Author dc:creator

• Alexander, Sandra G.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Huff, Joseph W.
• Johnson, Douglas A.
• Halfhill, Terry

• Organizational change.
• interventions
• methodological rigor
• implementation quality
• organizational change
• meta-analysis

Statement dc:rights

• Use restricted to UNT Community
• Copyright
• Alexander, Sandra G.
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 62093638
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4741/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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