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Exploring the Long‐term Effects of Behaviour Modelling Training

Buller, Paul F.; McEvoy, Glenn M. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 3 (1990) 1, pp. 32-45

This study examined the effects of behaviour modelling training (BMT) on four measures of training effectiveness two … years after the training. The results suggested that BMT had positive effects on trainee reactions and on subjective … measures of behavioural change and organisational performance. Positive training outcomes were associated with the degree of …

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“I’m just me”

Young, Ann P. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 13 (2000) 4, pp. 375-388

An important component of managers’ behaviour is their perceptions of power. Suggests that an examination of managerial resistance might be one way in which questions relating to managers’ behaviour can be answered, particularly during periods of imposed organizational change. By applying...

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A role for individuality and mystery in “managing” change

Steiner, Carol - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 14 (2001) 2, pp. 150-167

This philosophical paper explores why people have so much trouble understanding, coping with and managing change. It looks behind the problem to try to understand its origins. It provides an account of human nature that suggests people are “naturally” capable of coping with change but that...

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Applying psychological type and “gifts differing” to organizational change

Jessup, Carol M. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 15 (2002) 5, pp. 502-511

This paper applies concepts from the Myers‐Briggs type indicator (MBTI) to the context of organizational change. A brief history and explanation of type theory and the MBTI is provided. Psychological type is measured using four bipolar scales, each dealing with individual preferences...

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Discourse as strategic coping resource: managing the interface between “home” and “work”

Tietze, Susanne - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 18 (2005) 1, pp. 48-62

Purpose – To provide insight into the consequences of telework from the perspective of the teleworker and the household. The paper discusses the consequences of telework for the formulation of identities. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on empirical work, which comprises...

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A Machiavellian analysis of organisational change

McGuire, David; Hutchings, Kate - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 19 (2006) 2, pp. 192-209

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to undertake a Machiavellian analysis of the determinants of organisational change. It aims to present a model of how power, leaders and teams, rewards and discipline, and roles, norms and values, serve as drivers, enablers or inhibitors of organisational...

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Beyond the hegemonic narrative – a study of managers

Vickers, David - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 21 (2008) 5, pp. 560-573

Purpose – The aim is to analyse managerial behaviour using narrative analysis to identify stories that are often ignored, silenced or missed by the hegemonic managerialist narrative. Design/methodology/approach – An ethnographic narrative based on an 18 month period of participant...

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“All I want to do is get that check and get drunk”

Rhodes, Carl - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 22 (2009) 4, pp. 386-401

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the themes of resistance to organizations in Charles Bukowski's novel Factotum in relation to contemporary theory in organization studies, and to consider the ways in which the literary depiction of resistance can be used to extend theoretical...

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Identity work and play

Ibarra, Herminia; Petriglieri, Jennifer L. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 23 (2010) 1, pp. 10-25

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of identity play defined as people's engagement in provisional but active trial of possible future selves. Design/methodology/approach – Current research and theorizing on the variety of strategies and behaviors used by...

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Objects in exile: the intimate structures of resistance and consolation

Yuk‐kwan Ng, Ricky; Höpfl, Heather - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 24 (2011) 6, pp. 751-766

Purpose – This paper looks at small spaces. In particular, it aims to focus on small gestures of resistance and the objects which accompany them. It takes its inspiration from Goffman's “secondary adjustments”, in other words, from reactions to organizational socialization, but draws most...

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