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The purpose of the present study is, from a professional perspective, to understand the impactof social workers on the organisational readiness for change for a potential shift inmandatorship for addiction treatment services and gain insight into the impact of profession-specific factors before collaboration with regions’ healthcare services. By interviewing eightsocial workers actively working with substance abuse clients the questions we aimed toanswer were: How may the attitudes of social workers towards the proposal affect theorganizational readiness for change? What limitations and opportunities do social workersperceive regarding collaboration with the regions’ health care services? Then finally how canthe profession-specific factors have an impact before collaboration with the regions’healthcare services? In our analysis we used the theory of organizational readiness for changeand the theory of collaboration. The result shows the importance of the social workers’attitudes and motivations toward reform and emphasizes the role of their commitment insuccessful organisational change. Identified limitations in collaboration with healthcareservices can be addressed through proactive measures, such as increased participation andclearer coordination frameworks. To recognize knowledge gaps and differences is crucial forfuture collaboration and thereby turning the perception of collaboration from necessaryinconvenience to a favorable partnership through understanding and knowledge development.

Объектом исследования была психологическая готовность к организационным изменениям. Предметом исследования стало самоотношение сотрудников как фактор психологической готовности к организационным изменениям на одном из предприятий г. Нижнего Тагила, в условиях проводимых перемен. Магистерская диссертация состоит из введения, двух глав, заключения, списка литературы (61 источник) и приложений, включающих в себя бланки применявшихся методик и графические материалы по описательной и корреляционной статистике. Объем магистерской диссертации 88 страниц, на которых размещены 16 рисунков и 11 таблиц. Во введении раскрывается актуальность проблемы исследования, разработанность проблематики, ставятся цель и задачи исследования, определяются объект и предмет исследования, формулируются гипотезы, указываются методы и эмпирическая база, научная новизна, теоретическая и практическая значимость работы. Первая глава включает в себя обзор иностранной и отечественной литературы на тему понятия психологической готовности к организационным изменениям. Рассмотрены методологические подходы к изучению самоотношения как фактора психологической готовности к организационным изменениям и методики, применяемые для оценки и диагностики готовности к изменениям. Выводы по первой главе представляют собой итоги по изучению теоретического материала. Во второй главе содержатся материалы по эмпирической части исследования. В ней представлено описание организации, выбора методов проведенного исследования и результатов, полученных по всем использованным методикам: тесту – опроснику самоотношения В.В. Столина и С.Р. Пантилеева, русскоязычной версии методики «Готовность к организационным изменениям Д. Холта (в адаптации Е.А. Наумцевой) и опроснику «Стили реагирования на изменения» Т.Ю. Базарова и М.П. Сычевой. Также в главе представлены результаты описательной и корреляционной статистики и сравнительный анализ полученных данных. Выводы по главе 2 включают в себя основные результаты эмпирического исследования. В заключении в обобщенном виде изложены результаты теоретической и эмпирической частей работы, а также выводы по выдвинутым гипотезам, обоснована практическая значимость исследования и описаны возможные перспективы дальнейшей разработки данной проблематики. / The object of the study was psychological readiness for organizational changes. The subject of the study was the self-attitude of employees as a factor of psychological readiness for organizational changes at one of the enterprises of Nizhny Tagil, in the conditions of ongoing changes. The master’s final qualifying work consists of an introduction, two chapters, a conclusion, a list of references (61 sources) and appendices, including forms of applied methods and graphic materials on descriptive and correlation statistics. The volume of the master's thesis is 88 pages, which contain 16 figures and 11 tables. The introduction reveals the relevance of the research problem, the elaboration of the problem, sets the purpose and objectives of the study, defines the object and subject of the study, formulates hypotheses, specifies methods and empirical base, scientific novelty, theoretical and practical significance of the work. The first chapter includes a review of foreign and domestic literature on the concept of psychological readiness for organizational changes. Methodological approaches to the study of self-attitude as a factor of psychological readiness for organizational changes and methods used to assess and diagnose readiness for change are considered. The conclusions of the first chapter are the results of the study of theoretical material. The second chapter contains materials on the empirical part of the study. It describes the organization, selection methods, research and results obtained for all used methods: the test – questionnaire of self-evaluation V. V. Stolin and S. R. Pantileev Russian version of the methodology of "Readiness for organizational change D. Holt (in the adaptation of E.A. Naumtseva) and questionnaire "Styles of responding to change" T.Yu.Bazarov and M. P. Sycheva. The chapter also presents the results of descriptive and correlation statistics and a comparative analysis of the data obtained. The conclusions of Chapter 2 include the main results of an empirical study. In conclusion, the results of the theoretical and empirical parts of the work are summarized, as well as conclusions on the hypotheses put forward, the practical significance of the study is substantiated and possible prospects for further development of this problem are described.

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Yes / While few recent studies have paid attention to the relationship between organizational culture (OC) and individual readiness for change (IRFC), there is still a lack of systematic and empirical studies regarding the influence of all OC types on the IRFC components within the change management literature. This study aims to fill this gap in the literature by empirically examining the influence of all four organizational culture types of the competing values framework (CVF) on the components of IRFC regarding TQM implementation, within the context of manufacturing organizations operating in Syria. A total of four hypotheses were proposed for testing. A questionnaire was developed and distributed to 350 Syrian manufacturing organizations (SMOs) in order to measure the level of IRFC and to identify the cultural profiles and characteristics of these organizations. The analysis of the data collected shows that certain types of organizational culture are conducive to fostering IRFC. In particular, the findings of an empirical investigation revealed that group culture and adhocracy culture are the most supportive culture types for IRFC. This paper contributes to the existing literature of change management by providing empirical evidence leading to advancement of knowledge and the understanding of the relationship between OC types and IRFC components. Furthermore, the paper adds value via its contextual originality; being the first study that empirically examined the Syrian cultural context, and hence contributing to the scarce body of literature of both OC and IRFC, and in particular the developing countries.

Syfte:                              Syftet med studien är att analysera hur förändringsmottagare upplever att ledningens kommunikation inför organisationella förändringar påverkar dem för att få en beredskap inför förändringen.   Metod:                               Studien är en kvalitativ fallstudie med en abduktiv ansats, där den empiriska datainsamlingen gjorts genom intervjuer med anställda på ett företag i telekombranschen. En analys av insamlad data genomfördes genom en tematisk analys.   Resultat och slutsats:        Kommunikation inverkar på förändringsmottagarnas beredskap från sändarsidan, men effekten av denna dämpas på mottagarsidan av ett filter bestående av två faktorer, avtrubbning och påverkan på förändringsmottagarna.                                                                                      Förändringsmottagarna motsätter sig eller upplever en likgiltighet gentemot organisatoriska förändringar om kommunikationen upplevs som knapphändig eller är otydlig. Likaså påverkar bristen på möjligheter att återkoppla till ledningen för att skapa klargöranden, mottagarna i negativ riktning. Studiens bidrag:               Ge en djupare förståelse och kunskap i             kommunikationens betydelse för att skapa beredskap till förändring, och på så vis öka möjligheterna att genomdriva lyckosamma förändringsarbeten.   Förslag på vidare forskning:                          Att undersöka de faktorer som skapar avtrubbning till förändring hos förändringsmottagaren och hur dessa kan komma att undvikas.

The work described herein is situated in a larger study investigating regional food systems as a method for improving food access for vulnerable communities. This research is part of the United States Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative project titled Enhancing Food Security in the Northeast for Underserved Populations (EFSNE). This work is ongoing and currently in year five of five. One of the primary objectives in year five is to facilitate the development of Learning Communities in each of the eight communities participating in the study. To do so, the research team planned to develop tools and strategies for facilitation. The team identified a need to match strategies to the specific situation of each community. Thus, a tool was identified that might be useful in assessing the needs and readiness of the communities with respect to their access to healthy food sources. This research simultaneously evaluated the usefulness of the tool while assessing community readiness in six of the eight project communities. The tool used in this study, was a community level behavioral change model, the Community Readiness Model (CRM). The model was originally developed by the Tri-Ethnic Center in Colorado. We followed the CRM protocol for identifying participants. Twenty-four individuals from six locations involved in the EFSNE study participated in the interview process. The interviews were conducted using the semi-structured interview guide provided in the CRM protocol. We amended the guide by tailoring questions to address food access and ensuring questions were asked at the five levels of influence found in the Socio-Ecological Model. The final guide contained 40 questions; 18 were required by the protocol to score each community. Interviews were conducted by telephone by one researcher, transcribed, and then scored by two researchers according to the CRM protocol. The mean overall readiness score for the six communities assessed was 4.9 (SD 1.0). This score is firmly rooted in the pre-planning stage of readiness. Scores ranged from 3.7 to 6.2 on the 9-point scale. The CRM scoring protocol coupled with the overall readiness scores indicated that the three urban communities scored higher (mean 5.7, SD 0.6) than the three rural communities (mean 4.1, SD 0.7). While we found a utility to having scores on a continuum to quickly assess the communities of study, we found the qualitative data obtained from the interview process imperative to understanding the scores and the communities. We concluded that with a few amendments, the Community Readiness Model is a useful methodology to understand food access at the community level. Revealing the stages of readiness for food access change in the study communities contributed to our understanding of what types of programs exist for food access, what the communities' attitudes and feelings are around food access and guided strategy development for moving readiness for change forward. This lens also revealed that there is a need for education on existing and development of new food access policies. Furthermore, this work contributes to the practice of assessing community food security while simultaneously contributing to the development of parameters for community food security theory in food systems scholarship.

Information system is a crucial topic in today’s business world. Without a proper information system, it is very difficult to compete on the market. The purpose of the study was to analyze the impact an information system has on the users work and how those factors are assessing the users’ readiness to change to e.g. switch from an existing information system to a new more advanced one. The study was based on the DeLone and McLean IS success model and a single case study was conducted with an inductive research approach. The empirical data has been gathered through semi-structured interviews and the findings show that reliability, response time and IT service of the IS system are the factors with the most influence on the user’s perceived readiness to change. Moreover, the users are not ready to change the current information system that is running within the company for a more advanced one. Position, technical skills and top management are all impacting the user’s readiness to change. Organizationscan use these findings to analyze the users’ satisfaction, their behavior and readiness to face the future changes.

As doenças cardiovasculares (DCV\'s) são as principais causas de morte, morbidade e incapacidade entre os países ocidentais desenvolvidos. Possuem etiologia complexa e multifatorial, em que se destacam os chamados fatores de risco (FR), tradicionais ou psicológicos. Dentre os psicológicos, pode-se citar depressão, estresse e qualidade de vida. No controle das DCV\'s, mudanças comportamentais são requeridas. O Modelo Transteórico de Mudança de Comportamento (MTT) enfatiza a mudança como processo, e que as pessoas possuem diversos estágios de motivação/prontidão para mudar: pré contemplação, contemplação, ação e manutenção. Dentre os tratamentos disponíveis para as DCV\'s, a Angioplastia destaca-se como um procedimento hemodinâmico simples e pouco invasivo, com obtenção de bons resultados. O objetivo do trabalho foi descrever as relações entre variáveis psicológicas e estágios/níveis de prontidão para mudança de comportamentos de risco para cardiopatia em pacientes candidatos à angioplastia pelo período de um ano. A amostra foi composta por 100 pacientes e os instrumentos utilizados foram: entrevista semi estruturada, URICA Adaptada para Comportamento de Estresse, Régua de Prontidão (RP), Inventário Beck de Depressão (BDI), Inventário de Sintomas de Stress para Adultos de Lipp (ISSL) e Questionário Genérico de Avaliação de Qualidade de Vida (SF-36). O estudo foi composto por cinco momentos de avaliação, separados entre si por um tempo médio de três meses. A análise dos dados foi feita por meio do Modelo de Regressão Logística. A Avaliação 1 ocorreu no dia da angioplastia e as demais nos dias das consultas médicas ambulatoriais, ocorrendo uma perda de 57 sujeitos entre a primeira e a última avaliação. Na amostra inicial a média de idade foi 61,4 anos (dp±9,82), 67% do sexo masculino, 69% casados, 67% com baixa renda (entre 1 e 3 SM), 65% aposentados e com média de 4,73 anos de estudo. Quanto aos aspectos psicológicos, 81% estavam na fase de pré contemplação, a alimentação inadequada apresentou a menor prontidão para mudança pela RP, 31% apresentaram sintomas cognitivos e afetivos de depressão e 59% tinham presença de estresse. O SF-36 mostrou os piores índices de percepção da saúde para aspectos emocionais e físicos. Na comparação entre avaliações 1 e 5, foram considerados os 43 sujeitos comuns aos dois momentos, observando-se redução não estatisticamente significante de alimentação inadequada (44,18%), sedentarismo (32,56%), estresse (11,63 pontos percentuais) e prontidão para mudança de estresse (5,17 pontos percentuais), além de um incremento em todos os domínios do SF-36 e de sujeitos que passaram ao estágio de ação (11,62%). Os sintomas cognitivos e afetivos de depressão sofreram um decréscimo significativo ao longo de um ano (p-valor<0,01). A prontidão para mudança do comportamento de estresse associou-se à idade (sujeitos mais jovens) na Avaliação 1 (OR 2,58; 1,04-6,43), Avaliação 3 (OR 4,68; 1,26-17,41), Avaliação 4 (OR 14,00; 1,51-130,01) e Avaliação 5 (OR 4,95; 1,24- 19,96). A associação com estado civil (sem parceiro) manteve-se somente na primeira avaliação (OR 3,89; 1,06-14,22) e com estresse (ausência de sintomas) na Avaliação 1 (OR 4,20; 1,79-9,83), Avaliação 3 (OR 7,18; 1,72-29,97), Avaliação 4 (OR 6,11; 1,34-27,96) e Avaliação 5 (OR 7,20; 1,64-31,71). As características sociodemográficas da amostra condizem com dados apresentados por outros estudos e sugerem intervenções, tanto dos profissionais de saúde quanto das políticas públicas, mais adaptadas e direcionadas a um estrato menos favorecido da população. A incongruência entre conhecimento de FR e esquiva dos mesmos mostra que o simples fornecimento de informações, apesar de importante, não é suficiente para promover mudança de comportamento, reforçando a relevância da inserção do psicólogo nas equipes médicas, com intervenções voltadas para o manejo de aspectos emocionais, as quais devem, sempre que possível ajustar-se ao nível de prontidão para mudança de cada sujeito em particular. / Psychological variables and readiness to change in cardiac patients undergoing angioplasty. 2011. 201 f. Dissertação (Mestrado). Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 2011. Cardiovascular diseases (CVD\'s) are the leading causes of death, morbidity and disability among the developed Western countries. They have complex and multifactorial etiology, which highlightening the importance of the so-called risk factors (RF), traditional or psychological. Among the psychological ones, it can be pointed out depression, stress and quality of life. In the control of CVD\'s, behavioral changes are required. The Transtheoretical Model of Behavioral Change (TTM) emphasizes change as a process and that people have different stages of motivation/readiness to change: pre contemplation, contemplation, action and maintenance. Among the available treatments for CVD\'s, angioplasty stands out as a simple and minimally invasive hemodynamic procedure, with good results. This study objective was to describe the relationship between psychological variables and stages/levels of readiness to change risk behaviors for heart disease in patients eligible for angioplasty in a period of one year. The sample consisted of 100 patients and the instruments used were: semi-structured interviews, URICA Adapted to Stress Behavior, Readiness Ruler (RP), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Inventário de Sintomas de Stress para Adultos de Lipp (ISSL) and Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36). The study had five moments of evaluation, on average every three months. Data analysis was performed using the Logistic Regression Model. The first evaluation occurred on the day of angioplasty and the others in the days of outpatient medical consultations, with a loss of 57 subjects between the first and last assessment. In the initial sample, the mean age was 61.4 years (SD±9.82), 67% male, 69% married, 67% with low income (between 1 and 3 MW), 65% were retired, with an average of 4.73 years of study. As for the psychological aspects, 81% were in pre contemplation, poor diet had the lowest readiness to change for RP, 31% had cognitive and affective symptoms of depression and 59% had presence of stress. The SF-36 showed the worst indices of perceived health in emotional and physical aspects. In the comparison between assessments 1 and 5, 43 subjects were considered common to the two moments, and it was observed no statistically significant reduction of inappropriate diet (44.18%), sedentary lifestyle (32.56%), stress (11.63 percentage points ) and readiness for change of stress (5.17 percentage points), and an improvement in all domains of the SF-36 and of subjects who passed to the stage of action (11.62%). Affective and cognitive symptoms of depression experienced a significant decrease over one year (p<0.01). Readiness for change of stressfull behavior was associated with age (younger subjects) in Evaluation 1 (OR 2.58, 1.04-6.43), Evaluation 3 (OR 4.68, 1.26-17, 41), Evaluation 4 (OR 14.00; 1.51-130.01) and Evaluation 5 (OR 4.95, 1.24-19.96). The association with marital status (without partner) remained only in the first assessment (OR 3.89, 1.06-14.22) and stress (no symptoms) in Evaluation 1 (OR 4.20; 1.79-9.83), Evaluation 3 (OR 7.18, 1.72-29.97), Evaluation 4 (OR 6.11, 1.34-27.96) and Evaluation 5 (OR 7.20, 1, 64-31.71). The sample sociodemographic characteristics are consistent with data presented by other studies and suggest interventions, both from health professionals and from the public policies, aimed and tailored to a more disadvantaged strata of the population. The incongruity between knowledge of RF and avoiding them shows that simply providing of information, although important, is not sufficient to promote behavior change, reinforcing the importance of the inclusion of a psychologist in medical teams, with interventions aimed at managing emotional aspects, which should, where posible, to adjust the level of readiness for change to particular subjects.