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Reasons and Motives to Resist Change
Marten van der Zee, Student (University), Netherlands, Premium Member
I'm trying to collect a list of all motives for resistance to change by employees.
Henk Kleijn and Fred Rorink in their book 'Change management' indicate that there are multiple psychological motives for showing resistance by employees or managers during a 'change':
1. FEARS (I don't know if I can handle in practice...)
2. GUILT (I can't do that to my colleagues... (to cooperate)
3. ALIENATION (The change can't replace me...)
4. PERSONAL DISADVANTAGE (Financially I'm going to receive less than before...)
5. NEED (The change does not correspond with what I want)
6. THREAT (Due to the change, my position in the company gets weaker...)
7. DOUBTS (I don't know what risks are involved...)
Any further suggestions / improvements?...
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Reasons for Resistance to Change
David Wilson, Manager, Canada, Premium Member 8. FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH (We have already tried this before and it did not work before and it will not work now...)
9. TOO MANY CHANGES (There are... |
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On 4. Personal Disadvantage
Harry Whitney This basically means the perception is: "I have a stronger motivation not to change".
The total of satisfaction, status and money in the current ... |
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Reasons for Resistance to Change
Jan Vermeulen, Manager, South Africa, Member I agree with 12. and 13. The change will negatively impact business - no clear understanding of impact
A variant of 8. Flavour of the month is: |
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Causes of Resistance to Change
Philip Jehu, Accountant, Nigeria, Member 17. CHANGE AGENT APPROACH: the manner of approach (attitude) of the change agent is also very important.
For example even if the change could be ... |
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Reasons for Resistence to Change
Haragopal, Director, India, Member I agree with 12. 13 and 14, the main reason for resistence comes from a lack of understanding the importance of change.
Though most of the time, ... |
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Reasons for Resistance to Change
HUPIN 19. LAW OF ARCHIMEDES: Resistance to change can be compared to Archimedes' principle (Editor: law of physics stating that the upward buoyant force exe... |
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On Motives to Resist Change #6: Threat
Modekets, Accountant, Botswana, Member A particular relevant form of this motive to resist chjange is when the change might render my job obsolete (there is a high possibility of me losing ... |
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Why People Resist Change
Ramesh Victor, Management Consultant, Malaysia, Member In my experience people resist change for two reasons:
I. Aptitude problem. This is where the person does not have the skill needed to mak... |
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Reasons for Resistance for Change
Leena Bissoonauth, Student (University), Mauritius, Member I would like to contribute the below reasons for resistance for change since I have just completed this module in my diploma in HRM.
1. Misunders... |
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Motive for Resistance to Change: Uncertainty
Tykhonenko, Analyst, Ukraine, Member Similar to #7 (Doubt) we could also use the term UNCERTAINTY.
Changes lead to uncertainty and uncertainty leads to risks. People do not like addi... |
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Most Important is what THEY Believe
FAYEZ, Management Consultant, Saudi Arabia, Member 21. CONFLICTING VALUES / BELIEVES. In case that the change is in conflict with personal believes, religious convictions, values or otherwise ethically... |
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Is it a Cause or Just an Excuse?
Fareed Ezz, Analyst, Saudi Arabia, Member I would like to highlight the importance to distinguish between causes and excuses; you can hear a lot of excuses for not willing to change, but the r... |
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Control, Slight or Envy, and Sabotage
Heidi Mureau, Management Consultant, Australia, Member This group has compiled an impressive list of change resistance drivers. I would add a few human factors that have little or nothing to do with the wo... |
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No. 4: Personal Disadvantage
Fauzi Arif, Manager, Indonesia, Member Will no. 4 personal disadvantage (financially...) be a reason also for a person who is in self-esteem in |
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Layers of Resistance to Change (Goldratt)
Jaap de Jonge, CEO, Netherlands, Editor Also take a look at Goldratt's 5 Layers of Resistance:
1. Raising problems having one thing in common – it’s out of our hands.
2. Arguing th... |
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Resistance to Change
Janice Johnson-Lorde, Student (MBA), Trinidad and Tobago, Member Resistance may be disagreement with the change focus and purpose. Where it is felt that the cost benefit is to the disadvantage to the majority, one m... |
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Resist the Risk of Failure
Kathy Hevey, Management Consultant, United States, Member Consider it's not "the change" that people resist... What they resist is giving up who they are and how their world as been; they resist the chaos of ... |
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One More Reason to Change Resistance
Fareed Ezz, Analyst, Saudi Arabia, Member 26. Parental Control Allergy. Some people resist certain changes just because it reminds them of their ... |
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Major Reasons for Change Resistance
Chloe Xu, Australia, Premium Member People's resistance to change indeed attributes to countless reasons. Many however centre around a negative reaction that occurs when individuals feel... |
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