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<p>Radical upheavals in the external environment often disrupt the status quo. Understanding how employees navigate uncertainty and disruption is essential to effective strategic change management. Despite its importance, the body of research on employees’ psychological responses to economic reforms and their subsequent effects on work-related outcomes remains underdeveloped. This study explores why and how employees’ appraisals of sweeping shifts trigger distinct coping mechanisms that impact their work outcomes, and under what conditions this pathway functions more effectively. Drawing on data from China, our findings reveal that a favorable appraisal of economic reforms exerts both direct and indirect effects on work commitment through two mediators—increased recognized pressure and reduced perceived social alienation. Furthermore, confidence in one’s future strengthens the positive relationship between favorable appraisal and recognized pressure, while simultaneously reinforcing the negative relationship between favorable appraisal and perceived social alienation. Finally, the significant moderated mediation effects uncover additional pioneering insights, indicating that the mediating pathways are amplified as employees’ confidence in their future increases.</p>

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The influence of major economic reforms on employee coping mechanisms and work response

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  • 发表日期：

    2026年4月29日

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  • Yinghong Susan Wei,
  • Saeed Samiee,
  • Wei Ning

摘要

Radical upheavals in the external environment often disrupt the status quo. Understanding how employees navigate uncertainty and disruption is essential to effective strategic change management. Despite its importance, the body of research on employees’ psychological responses to economic reforms and their subsequent effects on work-related outcomes remains underdeveloped. This study explores why and how employees’ appraisals of sweeping shifts trigger distinct coping mechanisms that impact their work outcomes, and under what conditions this pathway functions more effectively. Drawing on data from China, our findings reveal that a favorable appraisal of economic reforms exerts both direct and indirect effects on work commitment through two mediators—increased recognized pressure and reduced perceived social alienation. Furthermore, confidence in one’s future strengthens the positive relationship between favorable appraisal and recognized pressure, while simultaneously reinforcing the negative relationship between favorable appraisal and perceived social alienation. Finally, the significant moderated mediation effects uncover additional pioneering insights, indicating that the mediating pathways are amplified as employees’ confidence in their future increases.