Emotions During Organizational Change: the Change Curve

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Swiss-American psychiatrist Kübler-Ross in her 1969 book "On Death and Dying" described 5 stages of grief to describe the process patients with terminal illness go through as they (hopefully) come to terms with their own deaths; it was later applied to grieving friends and family as well, who seemed to undergo a similar process. Although commonly referenced in popular media and certainly useful in practice, the existence and exact order of these precise stages has not been empirically demonstrated. The stages, popularly known by the acronym DABDA are:

1. DENIAL – In this stage, individuals believe the diagnosis is somehow mistaken, and cling to a false, preferable reality.
2. ANGER – When the individual recognizes that denial cannot continue, they become frustrated, especially at proximate individuals. Certain psychological responses of a person undergoing this phase would be: "Why me? It's not fair!"; "How can this happen to me?"; "Who is to blame?"; "Why wou (...) Read more? Sign up for free
   

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		Thoughts About Change Curve Moustafa Alam, Director, Kuwait
	(...) 30-7-2020

		Thoughts on Emotions During Organizational Change John Henry, Project Manager, United States
	(...) 31-7-2020

		The Sixth Stage of Grief: Meaning Gary Wong, Consultant, Canada
	(...) 1-8-2020

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	(...) 1-8-2020

		Managing Emotions Through the Change Curve Gandhi Heryanto, Management Consultant, Indonesia
	(...) 1-8-2020

		The Diminishing of Grief Maurice Hogarth, Consultant, United Kingdom
	(...) 2-8-2020

		Change is the Only Permanant Om Tiwari, Turnaround Manager, India
	(...) 2-8-2020

		How do you Delineate Human Emotions? Richard, Consultant, United Kingdom
	(...) 3-8-2020

		Dealing with Change Emotions in a Rational Way Jaap de Jonge, Editor, Netherlands
	(...) 3-8-2020

		Education of Emotions and Change Curve srinivas, Lecturer, India
	(...) 3-8-2020

		Really Nice Example Aniket Deolikar, Student (MBA), India
	(...) 3-8-2020

		The Stages on the Change Curve are Personal Bogdan Surdea-Blaga, Director, Romania
	(...) 4-8-2020