The effect of job satisfaction in employee’s readiness for change

External and internal demands cause many organisations to change and adjust themselves. However, not all organisational change will implement effectively. One of the reasons why the implementation of change often fail, is the lack of employee’s readiness for change. This research focuses on identifying the effect of job satisfaction in an employee’s readiness for change. Employee’s readiness for change was measured using the Readiness For Change Questionnaire which was constructed by Holt et al. (2007), while job satisfaction was measured using the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) by Spector (1997). Data was gathered from 36 employees who worked in dairy product company in Indonesia, working at managerial levels, given that managers are the change agents implementingchange. So, the managers are the significant part to make the organisation’s change success effectively. The results show that job satisfaction had a significant influence on readiness for change (R² = 0437, p < 0.05). Further, not all aspects of job satisfaction had a significant influence on readiness for change. The only one which contributed to readiness for change was communication (B = 3.94, t = 4.77, p = 0.00).