There are few constructs that are as ubiquitous across traditions of management and
organizational research, and indeed the social sciences more generally, as that of frame or …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to study recently published research to identify
findings that provide research‐based guidance to organizational change agents and …

Change is a prominent process in organizational activity, whether it occurs in civic or
religious organizations, governments, schools, or businesses. During periods of change …

Purpose Resistance to change (RtC) is widely recognized as the main reason of failure,
when it comes to change initiatives. Despite its importance, there is still a rather limited …

Research on roles and identities generally represents a micro perspective that does not
account for the reconstruction of professional role identity, owing to insufficient attention to …

This paper analyses how the preferred self-conceptions of men in an elite military unit—the
British Parachute Regiment—were disciplined by the organizationally based discursive …

Research Summary: When faced with complex strategic problems that exceed their
individual sensemaking capacities, organizations often engage in inter‐organizational …

The considerable rate of change implementation failure reported by organisations
worldwide has led researchers to scrutinize key individual and contextual factors …

Although there are many potential causes of failed change,'resistance to change'is widely
recognised as a significant contributor to this problem. Much of the literature relating to …

User resistance is a complex phenomenon long viewed as a major constraint in successful
information technology implementation. User resistance, which can vary between passive …