Home⇛Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal⇛vol. 33 no. 8 (2025)

Impact of Change in Leadership on Employee Attitudinal Support in LGU Tangub City

Shajara Bas | Heziel Manatad | Voltaire B. Torrion

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

This study determined to measure the impact of change in leadership on the attitudinal support of the employees of LGU Tangub in terms of cognitive appraisal, emotional response, and behavioral intention. The researchers employed a descriptive-quantitative research design and a researcher-designed questionnaire as the data collection instrument. The study was conducted in every office of the local government unit of Tangub City. The researchers utilized a sample of 454 respondents in LGU Tangub City. The findings of the study revealed that the emotional response has the highest impact on employee attitudinal support toward change in leadership with a mean of 3.16. Meanwhile, cognitive appraisal has been viewed as the factor with the lowest mean of 3.12. Therefore, the leaders should provide an assessment program to introduce a change and develop it through the interactions between attitudes, beliefs, and feelings of an individual regarding the change. It was found that the government leaders should be focused on the emotions of their employees on how to deal with them, and to inspire them to embrace the changes.



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