Journal of Organizational Change Management: Volume 30 Issue 6

Ruined paradigms and networked projects (Editorial reflections about JOCM 6/2017)

Slawomir Jan Magala

Managers’ and employees’ contradictory argumentations of spatial change

Jaana Näsänen, Outi Vanharanta

The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a qualitative study concerning managers’ and employees’ rhetorical evaluations of a spatial organizational change.

Collaborating across the researcher-practitioner divide: Introducing John Dewey’s democratic experimentalism

Linh Chi Vo, Mihaela Kelemen

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to bridging the gap between researchers and practitioners. It does so by comparing the various models of academic-practitioner…

What stops creative employees to implement ideas? Individual culture value orientation perspective

Hongli Wang

Creativity itself does not necessarily lead to idea implementation. The purpose of this paper is to deeply understand the impact of the individual culture value orientation on…

The development of a theoretical framework of organisational rhythm

Truus Poels, Danielle A. Tucker, Joop Kielema

The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework to understand organisational rhythm as a stimulus for further study into organisational change.

A cognitive organization theory (COT) of organizational change: Measuring organizational texture, audience appeal, and leadership engagement

Ad van den Oord, Karen Elliott, Arjen van Witteloostuijn, Melody Barlage, Laszlo Polos, Sofie Rogiest

In this paper, the authors develop a cognitive organization theory (COT) of organizational change. COT was developed in the 2000s, by taking insights from cognitive psychology and…

Managing people and learning in organisational change projects

David Shaw

The purpose of this paper is to assess the influence of people management practices on the outcomes of organisational change projects through their contributions to organisational…

Impact of psychological capital on the resistance to change during post-merger integration: A theoretical model

Jennifer Linda Dorling

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are major corporate changes and are among the most stressful for employees. Employee resistance is a well-recognised reason for high failure rates…

Mediation effect of novelty ecosystems on intrapreneurial behaviour process within an organisational dynamic environment among Kenyan universities: A complexity approach

Moses Mpiima Kibirango, John C. Munene, Waswa J. Balunywa, Jovent K. Obbo

The purpose of this paper is to examine, explain, predict and guide the processes, mechanisms and outcomes of intrapreneurial behaviour to provide evidence that novelty ecosystems…

The relationship between subjective well-being and workplace ostracism: The moderating role of emotional intelligence

Suchuan Zhang, Qiao Shi

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of subjective well-being (SWB) on workplace ostracism, by focusing on the moderating role of emotional intelligence (EI). SWB is…