A Study of the Relationship between Employee's Thought Preferences and Their Readiness for Change

This research is intended to design, evaluate, andprototype a model for investigating the relationship between employees’ thought preferences and their readiness for change according to Ned Herrmann. Marine Industry Organization of Khorasan Razavi was selected for the case study. Standard questionnaires regarding change were applied for the assessment of the variables and prototyping through a quantitative survey. Conceptual sample, Chi-Square, ANOVA, Post-Hoc Tests, and Structural Equation Modeling in SPSS and LISREL softwares were used to evaluate the causative relationship. The results indicated that the mental preferences are significantly related to the readiness of the employees for organizational changes. Group D preferences were positively more effective. Group A preferences were not significantly effective, and group B and C showed negative effects.