The processes that generate resistance to change within a small organization are investigated.An ethnographic field study was conducted on a small manufacturing firm in Italy, which was the basis for a grounded theory of resistance to change. Change is interpreted in terms of interdependence...

This paper focuses on the process of Computer Aided Design (CAD) diffusion into a group engaged in the development of innovative products. Adopting an ethnographic approach, we build a grounded theory for interpreting CAD usage in terms of the interplay between variables such as management...

This paper focuses on the process that generates resistance to change in a small organization. We build a grounded theory that interprets resistance to change in terms of interdependencies between the characteristics of the economic environment and of the industry, the dispositions of...