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Publication date: 22 May 2009

Leanne Cutcher

The purpose of this paper is to contribute further to the understanding of why and how employees resist workplace change. Building on previous studies exploring the link between…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to contribute further to the understanding of why and how employees resist workplace change. Building on previous studies exploring the link between worker subjectivity and workplace change, the paper highlights both the spatial and temporal dimensions of tactics of resistance.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper draws on case study evidence from an Australian credit union that had implemented significant changes to its service strategy, and identifies employee responses to these changes.

Findings

The case study identifies the way in which tradition and place can be discursive resources with which employees resist changes to work practices and roles which threaten to disrupt workplace and gender identities.

Originality/value

To date, the literature has focused on tactics of resistance that draw on temporal and spatial narratives from inside the organization. This paper extends the understanding by showing how individuals also draw on narratives from outside the organization to resist workplace change.

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Journal of Organizational Change Management, vol. 22 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0953-4814

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Publication date: 22 May 2009

Slawek Magala

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Journal of Organizational Change Management, vol. 22 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0953-4814

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Publication date: 1 December 2005

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Journal of European Industrial Training, vol. 29 no. 9
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0309-0590

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Publication date: 1 December 2005

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Property Management, vol. 23 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-7472

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Publication date: 1 November 2005

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Facilities, vol. 23 no. 13/14
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-2772

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Publication date: 1 December 2005

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International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, vol. 11 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1355-2554

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Publication date: 1 December 2005

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Aslib Proceedings, vol. 57 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0001-253X

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Publication date: 1 December 2005

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The Journal of Risk Finance, vol. 6 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1526-5943

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Publication date: 1 December 2005

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International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, vol. 54 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1741-0401

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Publication date: 1 December 2005

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The Bottom Line, vol. 18 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0888-045X

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