Research 2025-02-12 Change Leadership Fribourg

Is resistance to change irrational?

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Is resistance to change irrational? — SHR, Fribourg

Is resistance to change irrational? — what studies show, and what they don't.

The research

Study: Ford, Ford & D'Amelio (2008, Academy of Management Review)

The limit

Single context; replicate before generalising. (our executive and employee training programmes)

Is resistance to change irrational? — SHR, Fribourg — Fribourg

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