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The fatal smirk
Jacobs, Gabriele; Keegan, Anne; Christe‐Zeyse, Jochen; … - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 19 (2006) 2, pp. 173-191
successful and unsuccessful change projects in a non‐business public context, namely the German police. Design …
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The role of macro context for the link between technological and organizational change
Saskia Bayerl, P.; Jacobs, Gabriele; Denef, Sebastian; … - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 26 (2013) 5, pp. 793-810
European police forces the paper aims to illustrate the importance of integrating analyses of the macro‐context to understand … interviews and five focus groups with police officers from 13 countries on two of the major technology trends in European police … police forces in The Netherlands and the United Kingdom to observe technology usage first hand. Comparing accounts across …
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Tailoring model in reforming police organizations towards community policing
Yilmaz, Sefer - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 26 (2013) 5, pp. 897-924
Purpose – This paper aims to suggest that a police organization should prefer change management approaches and methods … adds significant perspectives for police organization managers in conducting reform initiatives to adapt community policing … field of police organizations.  …
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A theoretical framework of organizational change
Jacobs, Gabriele; van Witteloostuijn, Arjen; … - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 26 (2013) 5, pp. 772-792
Purpose – Organizational change is a risky endeavour. Most change initiatives fall short on their goals and produce high opportunity and process costs, which at times outweigh the content benefits of organizational change. This paper seeks to develop a framework, offering a theoretical toolbox...
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Policing opportunities and threats in Europe
van den Born, Arjan; van Witteloostuijn, Arjen; … - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 26 (2013) 5, pp. 811-829
produce the environmental scan that will serve as a platform for further research into change management within the police …. The findings are based on structured interviews with police officers of 17 different police forces and knowledgeable … constraints defined by the COMPOSITE research budget. Findings – European police forces face a long list of environmental changes …
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Corporate Robespierres, ideologies of management and change
Essers, Juup; Böhm, Steffen; Contu, Alessia - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 22 (2009) 2, pp. 129-140
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an introductory overview of this special issue highlighting some of the distinctive features of Žižek's Lacan‐inspired thought relevant to the role of ideologies in organizational change management. Design/methodology/approach – The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014891153
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Senior managers' perceptions of the HRM function during times of strategic organizational change
Rees, Christopher J.; Johari, Hasanah - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 23 (2010) 5, pp. 517-536
ethics, spirituality, and HRM in certain Asian contexts. Originality/value – The paper offers a valuable insight into the …
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Linking OD’s philosophy with justice theory: postmodern implications
Wooten, Kevin C.; White, Louis P. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 12 (1999) 1, pp. 7-21
The purpose of this article is twofold; first, to demonstrate a linkage between the tenets of justice theory and OD core values, assumptions and ethical beliefs and, second, to show the role of this linkage as it applies to postmodern organizations in terms of the evolution of OD technology....
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A Habermasian approach to justice in organizational change
Underwood Stephens, Carroll; Cobb, Anthony T. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 12 (1999) 1, pp. 21-34
Organizational development has begun to incorporate research findings from organizational justice into its own intervention technology. Because perceptions of fairness can facilitate change success, it is quite natural to do so. Business ethicists are concerned, however, that such technology is...
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Unfairness and resistance to change: hardship as mistreatment
Folger, Robert; Skarlicki, Daniel P. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 12 (1999) 1, pp. 35-50
Proposes that organizational fairness is a psychological mechanism that can mediate employee resistance to change. Focuses on resentment‐based resistance as a subset of all possible resistance behaviors. Uses referent cognitions theory to explain why organizational change not only increases...
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