Step$-$by$-$step explanation

Annotated Bibliography

Lines, R$.(2004).$ Influence of participation in strategic change: Resistance, organizational commitment and change goal achievement. Journal of Change Management., $4(3),193-215.$ doi:$10\mathrm{.}1080/1469701042000221696$

Topic$/$Subject Area

The article focuses on the topic of participation in strategic change. Essentially, the author conceptualizes the participation in strategic change as the most significant factor that influences the success of organizational change initiatives.

Issue Addressed

As such, it addresses the gap in research that supports the existence of positive consequence of participation towards the quality of decisions, employee and stakeholders' response to change, and implementation success.

Objective of the article

Subsequently, the author establishes several objectives for the research that derive from the five hypotheses. Ideally, the research seeks to establish the relationship or association between participation in strategic process and organizational commitment, change resistance, achievement of change objectives, and the impact of organizational culture and change recipient's goal to participation.

Authors Findings$/$Conclusion

The findings indicate a positive relationship between participation and implementation success, reduction of change resistance, increase in organizational commitment. However, the author found that veto had a negative impact on goal achievement.

Reflection

Overall, the study sheds lights on the aspect of employee engagement towards the success of change initiative. It highlights the process of strategic change as dependent on stakeholders' attitude towards the necessity, impact, and involvement in the process.

Three most influential articles

Korsgaard, M$.$A$.,$ Schweiger, D$.$ and Sapienza, H$.(1995)$ Building commitment, attachment and trust in strategic decision$-$making teams: the role of procedural justice, Academy of Management Journal, $38(1),$ pp$.60-84$

Pasmore, W$.$A$.$ and Fagans, M$.$R$.(1992)$ Participation, individual development, and organizational change: a review and synthesis, Journal of Management, $18(2),$ pp$.375-97.$

Cotton, J$.$L$.,$ Vollrath, D$.$A$.,$ Frogatt, K$.$C$.,$ Lengnick$-$Hall, M$.$L$.$ and Jennings K$.$R$.(1988)$ Employee participation: diverse forms and different outcomes, Academy of Management Review, $13,$ pp$.8-22.$

The above constitute the most influential journal article to the study. While the author mostly relies on book for the formulation of his hypotheses, the above articles form a crucial part of the studies theoretical framework.

Ranking

$1$st place.

Cotton, J$.$L$.,$ Vollrath, D$.$A$.,$ Frogatt, K$.$C$.,$ Lengnick$-$Hall, M$.$L$.$ and Jennings K$.$R$.(1988)$ Employee participation: diverse forms and different outcomes, Academy of Management Review, $13,$ pp$.8-22.$

The article focuses directly on employee participation and it is cited thrice.

$2$nd place

Korsgaard, M$.$A$.,$ Schweiger, D$.$ and Sapienza, H$.(1995)$ Building commitment, attachment and trust in strategic decision$-$making teams: the role of procedural justice, Academy of Management Journal, $38(1),$ pp$.60-84$

The author cites its thrice and the article provides important information commitment, which underpins productivity and success.

$3$rd place

Pasmore, W$.$A$.$ and Fagans, M$.$R$.(1992)$ Participation, individual development, and organizational change: a review and synthesis, Journal of Management, $18(2),$ pp$.375-97.$

Although this article does not appear many times in the citation, it has a similar research approach as the author's study. It investigates the relationship between participation and the success of strategic change.