Evaluación del efecto de las entrevistas motivacionales en la preparación para el cambio organizacional: un estudio de caso de directores de escuelas secundarias públicas en el estado de Níger, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated the effect of Motivational Interviewing on Readiness to Organizational change in
Public Secondary Schools in Niger State, Nigeria. Every organization consist of human beings brought
together in a hierarchical set up, making use of tools, equipment, human and material resources in
order to attain set goals and objectives. Organizations exist basically because the achievement of goals
and objectives require team work. People at work are of critical importance because most organizations’
failures are failures of people. Organizations are in continuous need to change as they confront new
challenges and adapt to dynamic operating environment. There is always the need and the increased
pressure on organizations to obtain wide support for change initiatives for their members. A large part
of OD is concerned with interventions for improving organizations. Failure accompanies most organizational
change efforts. Change agents’ efforts focus on employee resistance or readiness to change
without considering employee ambivalence. Motivational Interviewing (MI) may reduce ambivalence
and improve the success rate of organizational change initiatives. The theoretical framework was the
trans-theoretical model of change, the theory of planned behavior and social cognitive theory.