Organizational Readiness for Change to Lean Initiatives Amongst Nigerian Manufacturing SMEs: Literature Review and Questionnaire Pre-test

Mohammed, Inuwa and Suzari, Abdulrahim and Faruq Muhammad, Abubakar (2023) Organizational Readiness for Change to Lean Initiatives Amongst Nigerian Manufacturing SMEs: Literature Review and Questionnaire Pre-test. INTI JOURNAL, 2023 (01). pp. 1-7. ISSN e2600-7320

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Abstract

This study pre-tested measurements of organizational readiness for change from the dimensions of change efficacy and change commitment to measure manufacturing SMEs' confidence and willingness to change to lean. Expert opinion and respondents focus groups are used to examine the content of the items in the questionnaire, followed by pilot study of manufacturing SMEs, The result of the pilot study reveals the two dimensions of organizational readiness for change to Lean initiative; thus, change efficacy and change commitment have shown acceptable reliability. Change efficacy has a Cronbach Alpha of 0.911, while change commitment has 0.845 as Cronbach Alpha. The study concludes that the two dimensions of organizational readiness for change are reliable for conducting studies with large sample size.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Organizational readiness for change, Change efficacy, Change commitment, Manufacturing SMEs
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Depositing User:	Unnamed user with email masilah.mansor@newinti.edu.my
Date Deposited:	01 Feb 2023 09:20
Last Modified:	01 Feb 2023 09:40
URI:	http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/id/eprint/1719

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