Converting values awareness to values enactment through frame-of-reference training

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate whether values enactment could be increased through frame-of-reference (FOR) training configured around values prototyping and behavioural domain training for managers within an Australian public sector organisation. Design/methodology/approach: Employees from...

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Main Authors: O Neill, Grant, Travaglione, Antonio, McShane, Steven, Hancock, Justin, Chang, Joshua
Format: Journal Article
Published: Emerald 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56005
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author O Neill, Grant
Travaglione, Antonio
McShane, Steven
Hancock, Justin
Chang, Joshua
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Travaglione, Antonio
McShane, Steven
Hancock, Justin
Chang, Joshua
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description Purpose: This paper aims to investigate whether values enactment could be increased through frame-of-reference (FOR) training configured around values prototyping and behavioural domain training for managers within an Australian public sector organisation. Design/methodology/approach: Employees from an Australian public sector organisation were studied to ascertain the effect of values training and development via a three-way longitudinal design with a control group. Findings: The findings indicate that FOR training can increase employee values enactment clarity and, thereby, have a positive impact upon organisational values enactment. Practical implications: The application of FOR training constitutes a new approach to supporting the development of employee values clarity, which, in turn, can support the achievement of organisational values enactment. Through FOR training, employees can learn to apply organisational values in their decision-making and other behaviours irrespective of whether they are highly congruent with their personal values. Originality/value: Empirical research into values management is limited and there is a lack of consensus to what is needed to create a values-driven organisation. The article shows that FOR training can be a beneficial component of a broader human resource strategy aimed at increasing organisational values enactment. With reference to the resource-based view of the firm, it is argued that values enactment constitutes a distinctive capability that may confer sustained organisational advantage.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-560052017-11-16T03:03:11Z Converting values awareness to values enactment through frame-of-reference training O Neill, Grant Travaglione, Antonio McShane, Steven Hancock, Justin Chang, Joshua Purpose: This paper aims to investigate whether values enactment could be increased through frame-of-reference (FOR) training configured around values prototyping and behavioural domain training for managers within an Australian public sector organisation. Design/methodology/approach: Employees from an Australian public sector organisation were studied to ascertain the effect of values training and development via a three-way longitudinal design with a control group. Findings: The findings indicate that FOR training can increase employee values enactment clarity and, thereby, have a positive impact upon organisational values enactment. Practical implications: The application of FOR training constitutes a new approach to supporting the development of employee values clarity, which, in turn, can support the achievement of organisational values enactment. Through FOR training, employees can learn to apply organisational values in their decision-making and other behaviours irrespective of whether they are highly congruent with their personal values. Originality/value: Empirical research into values management is limited and there is a lack of consensus to what is needed to create a values-driven organisation. The article shows that FOR training can be a beneficial component of a broader human resource strategy aimed at increasing organisational values enactment. With reference to the resource-based view of the firm, it is argued that values enactment constitutes a distinctive capability that may confer sustained organisational advantage. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56005 10.1108/IJOA-02-2016-0975 Emerald restricted
spellingShingle O Neill, Grant
Travaglione, Antonio
McShane, Steven
Hancock, Justin
Chang, Joshua
Converting values awareness to values enactment through frame-of-reference training
title Converting values awareness to values enactment through frame-of-reference training
title_full Converting values awareness to values enactment through frame-of-reference training
title_fullStr Converting values awareness to values enactment through frame-of-reference training
title_full_unstemmed Converting values awareness to values enactment through frame-of-reference training
title_short Converting values awareness to values enactment through frame-of-reference training
title_sort converting values awareness to values enactment through frame-of-reference training
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56005