Journal of Organizational Change Management: Volume 29 Issue 6

Editorial

Slawomir Jan Magala

Exploring adaptability in organizations: Where adaptive advantage comes from and what it is based upon

Manuel Ramón Tejeiro Koller

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the development of a new perspective on adaptive strategy design. It examines the concept of adaptive advantage, as such a new…

A multilevel study of transformational leadership, dual organizational change and innovative behavior in groups

Cailing Feng, Xiaoyu Huang, Lihua Zhang

Based on dual organizational theory, the purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between transformational leadership and innovative behavior in groups. The authors…

Using strategic communities to foster inter-organizational collaboration

Madeleine Audet, Mario Roy

The purpose of this paper is: to report on an experiment in building up inter-organizational collaboration between healthcare organizations; and to identify how structure and some…

Internationalizing higher education: from grand plans to evolving responses

Sefika Mertkan, Ilkay Gilanlioglu, Simon McGrath

The purpose of this paper is to explore the complexity of developing into an international institution from the perspective of higher education leaders through the case study of…

Employees’ emotions in change: advancing the sensemaking approach

Sevda Helpap, Sigrid Bekmeier-Feuerhahn

Organizational changes are emotionally charged processes, and scholarly research has increasingly emphasized the impact of employee emotions on successful change management. This…

The causes and consequences of delayed/abandoned cross-border merger & acquisition transactions: A cross-case analysis in the dynamic industries

K.S. Reddy, En Xie, Yuanyuan Huang

Drawing attention to the significant number of unsuccessful (abandoned) cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions in recent years, the purpose of this paper is to…

Shifting the paradigm: reevaluating resistance to organizational change

Brandon Mathews, Christopher M. Linski

The purpose of this paper is to challenge the existing paradigm of resistance to organizational change by offering a novel, interdisciplinary perspective. More specifically, this…

Identity formation and strategy development in overlapping institutional fields: Different entry & alignment strategies of regional organizations of care farms into the healthcare domain

Jan Hassink, John Grin, Willem Hulsink

Care farming is an underexplored example of agricultural diversification. In their process of diversification, care farmers are newcomers to the healthcare sector, facing high…

Identification of growth factors for small firms: evidence from hotel companies on an island

Senem Yazici, Mehmet Ali Köseoglu, Fevzi Okumus

The purpose of this paper is to mainly investigate what factors drive growth for independent hotel firms on an island.

A conservation of resources view of personal engagement in the development of innovative behavior and work-family conflict

Yu-Shan Chen, Stanley Y.B. Huang

The purpose of this paper is to examine how personal engagement (PE) may be related with work-family conflict (WFC) and innovative behavior (IB) at the same time.