LEADERSHIP, READINESS TO CHANGE, AND COMMITMENT TO CHANGE

Organization has to change, and needs employee commit to the change. The purpose of this paper is to identify the role and contribution of Change Leadership (CL), Organizational Readiness for change (ORFC), and Individual Readiness for change (IRFC) to Commitment to Change (C2C). This paper based on the empirical research about commitment to change in a Construction Company in Indonesia, using 4 scales namely: C2C, IRFC, ORFC, and CL. discussion will be based on the concept and findings. The results (N - 186) showed that there was positive and significant correlation between Change Leadership and Readiness for Change together with Commitment to Change. However, the study also showed that change leadership solely is paper had not correlated significantly with Commitment to Change. The findings will enrich the study about the contributions of Change Leadership, Individual and Organizational Readiness for change to Commitment to Change. Results will contribute to the implications of organizational change, as the management will understand what kind of variable that has the strongest impact to the Commitment to Change. This paper contributes knowledge about the role of leadership during the organizational change. In this regard, many essays discussed about the importance of leader's contribution during organizational change, however in this study it shows that there is no significant contribution of change leadership to commitment to change. This paper challenged the previous findings about the contribution between Leadership and Commitment to Change.