?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Organisational+culture%2C+change+readiness+and+retention+%3A+a+human+services+perspective&rft.creator=Knight%2C+Ruth+L.&rft.subject=Change+readiness&rft.subject=Intentions+to+leave&rft.subject=Job+satisfaction&rft.subject=Nonprofit+organisations&rft.subject=Organisational+culture&rft.subject=Third+Sector&rft.subject=Human+services&rft.subject=Staff+retention&rft.description=The+Third+Sector+is+experiencing+unprecedented+change+as+nonprofit+organisations+pursue+their+mission%2C+organisational+excellence+and+sustainability.+This+research+collected+data+from+employees+of+Australian+nonprofit+human+service+organisations.+Instruments+to+measure+organisational+culture+and+change+readiness+were+validated.+The+relationships+between+perceptions+of+organisational+cultures%2C+change+readiness%2C+job+satisfaction+and+intentions+to+leave+were+explored.+Findings+indicate+flexible+organisational+cultures+influence+employee+attitudes+more+positively+than+control+cultures.+It+identified+that+leaders+have+a+significant+role+to+play+in+developing+and+fostering+change+readiness+and+job+satisfaction.+This+improves+employees'+adaptation+to+change%2C+increases+staff+retention+and+organisational+sustainability.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2014&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F76279%2F1%2FRuth_Knight_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=Knight%2C+Ruth+L.+(2014)+Organisational+culture%2C+change+readiness+and+retention+%3A+a+human+services+perspective.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F76279%2F&rft.identifier=QUT+Business+School%3B+School+of+Accountancy%3B+School+of+Management