CHANGE ORIENTATION, STRATEGIC PLANNING, AND TEAMWORK: A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL ON THE READINESS FOR ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
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This quantitative research study intended to figure out the best-fit model of organizational change in relation to change orientation, strategic planning, and teamwork. This research employed a structural equation model (SEM) with 400 respondents from Sarangani, General Santos, Koronadal, and South Cotabato divisions who were selected through a stratified random technique. Moreover, the researcher employed adapted survey questionnaires, underwent modifications, and reliability and validity tests. This descriptive and causal investigation employed statistical measures such as mean, standard deviation, Pearson product-moment correlation, and structural equation model (SEM). The study found that the levels of change orientation, strategic planning, teamwork, and organizational change were very high. The results showed that significant correlations exit between change orientation and organizational change, strategic planning and organizational change, and teamwork and organizational change. Each exogenous variable significantly determined the relationship with organizational change. Further, Model 3 proved the causal relationship between the exogenous variables and met all the requirements to be the best-fit model that predicts organizational change out of the three (3) generated models. The structural modifications revealed the public elementary schools’ readiness for organizational change as defined by its retained indicators: management support, appropriateness, and personal benefit. Additionally, change orientation was described by its domains: faculty openness to change and community press for change, while strategic planning was figured out by its retained indicators: overall goal, process, purpose, and community partnership. Thus, Model 3 was the best fit among all the tested models.
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