TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Effect of Organizational Tensions, Merge Policy and Knowledge Sharing on
Managing Organizational Change: The Context of
Abu Dhabi National Oil Organizations
AU - Al-Mulla, Asma AU - Ameen, Ali AU - Issac, Osama AU - Nusari, Mohammed AU - Hamoud Al-Shibami, Ahmed 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 14
IS  - 8
SP  - 2517
EP  - 2531
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2019.2517.2531
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2019.2517.2531
KW  - Organizational tensions
KW  -merge policy
KW  -knowledge sharing
KW  -managing organizational change
KW  -Abu
Dhabi
KW  -implications
AB  - The increasing globalization accompanied by rising competitiveness and speed of business activities,
coupled with the increasing complexity of the internal processes of organizations, these have led to the
increasing prominence of paradoxical situations in contemporary organizations. In addition to the global
economic crisis, firms need to adapt to these changes and revive and sustain through managing organizational
change. Therefore, the current study purpose is to test the impact of organizational tension, merger policy and
knowledge sharing on managing organizational change in ADNOC. Evaluation of the proposed model was done
through questionnaire survey data collected both online and paper-based. A total of 214 employees are
randomly selected from Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co (ADMA-OPCO) whilst a total of 94 employees are
randomly selected from Zakum Development Co., (ZADCO), (n = 308). This study employed Structural Equation
Modeling-Variance Based (SEM-VB) via. SMART PLS 3.0 Software was utilized to determine the importance
levels of associations and interactions between the factors tested. The proposed model evidenced by the
goodness of fit of the model to the data, organizational tensions, merge policy and knowledge sharing explained
56% of the variance in managing organizational change. The findings of the multivariate analysis revealed that
organizational change and merger policy has the most effect on managing organizational change. The results
of the current study might give further insights into managing organizational change strategies. Theoretical and
practical implications are also provided.
ER  -