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As shown in Table 1 the supervisors and managers assessed each of the specific changes
favorably. For example, they agreed that the elimination Of mandatory interviews is easy to
carry out, results in fair selection of candidates, and results in positions being rapidly filled.
Similarly, the supervisors and managers perceived benefits resulting from the combined changes
(e.g., perceived increases in their authority to influence classification decisions, the overall
productivity of the work teams). They did not perceive differences with respect to meeting job
responsibilities or filling positions as a result of the inception of these changes. Finally,
concerning the institutionalization of the changes, managers and supervisors are positive about
these changes, prefer the new system over the old, and would like to see the changes continued
in their work setting.
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Fieure 2. Model of acceptance based on path analyses.
A path analysis was applied to determine the correspondence between the data and the
proposed model as described in Figure 1. The results of the path analysis are presented in
Figure 2 and the correlation matrix underlying the analysis are presented in Table 2. The
ordering of the variables and their interrelationships as presented in Figure 2 generally
correspond to the structure of the proposed model. As hypothesized the LEVEL variable is most
strongly related to CLIMATE which in turn directly influences the three changes. Assessment of
the three changes has a significant relationship on CONSEQUENCES BENEFITS but not on
CONSEQUENCES EFFORT. The differentiation of consequences into two types was made on the
basis of a factor analysis which generated two independent factors. Both sets of consequences
are significantly related to ACCEPTANCE OF THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE CHANGES with the
CONSEQUENCES BENEFITS clearly the strongest predictor. The model accounted for a good
amount of the total variance (R2 =.56). In addition to the absence of a significant relationship
between the specific changes and the CONSEQUENCES EFFORT variable, the ordering of effects
that were obtained for ELIMINATION OF MANDATORY INTERVIEWS departed from the proposed
model. The direct relationship between this change and acceptance was stronger than the
relationship of this variable to consequences.
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