Organisational Capacity for Change and Its Relationship with Adaptability and Organisational Performance: Evidence from Bulgaria

This study aims to respond to calls for more empirical evidence concerning the factors and outcomes of organisational capacity for change (OCC). Quantitative data analyses on a sample of 200 employees and managers in organisations in Bulgaria were performed. Exploratory al flexibility, previous experience with change, climate, and goals for improvement. Two hypotheses on the relationship of OCC factors and control variables with adaptability and organisational performance were tested through hierarchical regression analyses and were partially confirmed. Findings highlight the need for organisations to focus on transformational leadership, change process factors (previous experience with change, valence), organisational context factors (organisational flexibility, goals for improvement), and climate (for cohesion) to help build a capacity for implementing and sustaining multiple changes. Two of the OCC factors - climate and goals for improvement - do not have a statistically significant relationship to either of the outcomes in this sample.