The implementation of participation in change and
the provision of information on change can have a
causal effect on employees’ stress. Noblet et al. (2006)
found that public sector employees reported higher
levels of administrative and clerical-related stressors,
which negatively affected job satisfaction and psychological
wellbeing. Recently Teo et al. (2012) provided
empirical support for the relationship between participation
and provision of information on change in a
nursing context. Public and non-profit nurses experienced
non-nursing administrative stressors (such as
resource and time-related stressors) during organisational
change such as downsizing and delayering.
These studies highlight that a lack of participation in
change and of change information can create an
increase in the administrative stressors experienced by
nurses. Hence, we hypothesized that: