Journal of Organizational Change Management: Volume 26 Issue 6

Religious discourse and organizational change: Legitimizing the stakeholder perspective at a Saudi conglomerate

Yusuf Sidani, Sammy Showail

– The purpose of this paper is to present a case of proactive change that occurred in a large organization in Saudi Arabia.

Ethical paradigms as potential foundations of diversity management initiatives in business organizations

George Gotsis, Zoe Kortezi

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the elaboration of a comprehensive moral framework for designing and implementing diversity practices. In so doing, it employs…

Overcoming organizational inertia to strengthen business model innovation: An open innovation perspective

Hao-Chen Huang, Mei-Chi Lai, Lee-Hsuan Lin, Chien-Tsai Chen

This study aims to examine how open innovation can be effective in changing organizational inertia to create business model innovation and improve firm performance. It also seeks…

Organizational change as practice: a critical analysis

Noora Jansson

The purpose of this paper is to challenge some taken-for-granted practices related to organizational change in order to understand how organizational change as practice is…

Change and learning strategies in large scale change programs: Describing the variation of strategies used in a health promotion program

Monica Elisabeth Nyström, Elisabet Höög, Rickard Garvare, Lars Weinehall, Anneli Ivarsson

The study identifies the variation of change strategies used in a complex large scale change program in health and social services in Sweden, aimed at changing professionals'…

Factors affecting institutional change: a study of the adoption of Local Agenda 21 in Spain

Rocio Llamas-Sanchez, Victor Garcia-Morales, Inmaculada Martin-Tapia

– This paper aims to examine how Spanish local councils respond to changes in their institutional context by implementing a sustainable practice: Local Agenda 21 (LA21).

Organizational change and the psychological contract: How change influences the perceived fulfillment of obligations

Sjoerd van der Smissen, René Schalk, Charissa Freese

This study aims to examine how organizational change and attitude towards change affects the fulfillment of the psychological contract. The influence of type of change, impact of…

Special issue on Barriers to innovation and organizational change: theories, methods, practices

Organizing change in an age of post-consumerist expectations

Slawomir (Slawek) Magala