Resistance in HROs, setback or resource?
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this article is to analyse the role of resistance at team level in a change project focused on the maintenance activities of a high reliability organisation (HRO) that...
View ArticleNon-human resistance in changes towards lean
AbstractPurpose– The importance of social issues is well established in the literature on resistance to change. However, much can be gained by including physical objects in the analysis. Using...
View ArticleResisting change: organizational decoupling through an identity construction...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework that explains how individual organizational members' self-construction processes motivate them to support or reject decoupling as a...
View ArticleUtilizing identity-based resistance for diversity change: a narrative approach
AbstractPurpose– This article seeks to analyze retrospective and emergent narratives in a changing organization. It aims to uncover the emic meanings of resistance to diversity change....
View ArticleProfessional discourses and resistance to change
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to investigate how resistance to change might be a consequence of differences in professional discourse of professional groups working together in a change...
View ArticleResistance to industry technological change in communities of practice: The...
AbstractPurpose– This paper seeks to contribute to the literature about the resistance to industry technological change in old technology-based communities of practice. Design/methodology/approach– The...
View ArticleHigh performance work systems in corporate turnaround: A German case study
AbstractPurpose - This study investigates the nexus of high-performance work systems (HPWS) with corporate change that leads to enhanced performance. Design/methodology/approach - We use a case study...
View ArticleInsider action research: Premises and promises.
AbstractPurpose - This paper aims at developing a set of guidelines for potential inside action researchers (IARrs).Design/methodology/approach - The action research was done in three units of Indian...
View ArticleUnderneath organizational health and knowledge sharing
AbstractPurpose - This research excursion through shipping companies in Vietnam sought to examine if corporate social responsibility (CSR) influences trust, which in turn engenders the chain of effects...
View ArticleThe Impact of Change Management on the Attitudes of Turkish Security Managers...
AbstractPurpose - The main purpose of this study is to develop a an understanding of how managerial methods can be used during the change process to direct employees’ attitudes positively towards...
View ArticleButting Heads and Headlines
AbstractPurpose - To test the validity of a set of best practice principles for managing transformational organizational change by applying them to a specific change initiative in the media. Also to...
View Article''Flexibility'' as the rationale for organizational change: a discourse...
AbstractPurpose - The concept "flexibility" is ubiquitous as a rationale for organizational change. However, its broad application is accompanied by a general lack of definitional agreement or...
View ArticleA Case Study of District Leadership using Knowledge Management for...
AbstractPurpose - To examine the work of district leadership of a large Canadian school district in becoming a learning organization over four years using knowledge management practices....
View ArticleArt Imitates Life: Art and architecture as a driving force for change
AbstractPurpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of art and architecture by leadership as a driving force to effect change of perception of an organization's identity. While some claim...
View ArticleFinding a Space for Story: Sensemaking, Stories and Epistemic Impasse
AbstractPurpose - The current study explores the role of stories in organizational sensemaking processes. Rather than positioning stories as one among many different sensemaking mechanisms, it is...
View ArticleHigh performance work systems in corporate turnaround: a German case study
AbstractPurpose– This study aims to investigate the nexus of high-performance work systems (HPWS) with corporate change that leads to enhanced performance. Design/methodology/approach– The paper uses a...
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