Organisational sensemaking through the sustainable management of Fujian opera troupes in the urban-rural reconstruction

Based on the urban-rural reconstruction in China, the Fujian Opera Troupe is experiencing profound changes in the external environment and internal management. This thesis investigates organisational sensemaking in the sustainable management of Fujian Opera Troupes from pluralistic stakeholders based on the theoretical framework in applied ethnomusicology and business administration. The sustainable development of Fujian Opera Troupes has been studied in many fields, but few reflect the sensemaking perspective nor use quantitative methods. To fill this research gap, this study embraced the pragmatism philosophy, and utilised mixed methods to make sense of the adaptive process for sustainable management of the Fujian Opera Troupe during the period from 2013 to 2023. The qualitative phase used two case studies to investigate the adaptive changes of two troupes separately. Data analysis of cross-case studies enabled refine cues embedded in two separate case reports and explaining equivocality in sustainable management from three data sources. The findings of case studies show that facing changes inside and outside organisations, practitioners need effective policy support and organisational support to motivate positive emotions at work, sequentially impacting sustainability. The quantitative phase examined the influence of key factors on sustainability. A questionnaire was developed by combining cues from the case study and validated items/variables from past literature. Structural equation modelling was then used to test the hypotheses through path analysis. The results of the quantitative phase show that policy support and organisational support significantly impact practitioners’ emotions at work positively but do not have a direct effect on sustainability. Emotion at work plays a mediating role between policy support and sustainability, as well as between organisational support and sustainability. Therefore, the sustainable management of the Fujian Opera Troupe should focus on the positive interaction between organisational support, policy support, and practitioners’ emotion at work to adapt to changes within and outside organisations.

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dba

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

doctoral

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Year dc:date.issued

2024

Author dc:creator

• Yang, Zhenying

• HD28 Rheoli. Rheoli Diwydiannol

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UWTSD

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oai:repository.uwtsd.ac.uk:3183