Journal of Organizational Change Management: Volume 33 Issue 2

Contesting the dominant narrative: expanding the multistory cultural change approach

Martijn van Ooijen, Antonie van Nistelrooij, Marcel Veenswijk

The purpose of this paper is to expand the theory on multistory cultural change by showing how a dominant narrative on construction safety dynamically interrelates and is…

Fuel to the fire? The sensemaking of volunteer firefighters and public managers in the context of public reform

Leonore Van den Ende, Ronald van Steden, Kees Boersma

The purpose of this paper is to advance ongoing debates on the organizational impact of wider public sector reform in the field of organizational change management by presenting…

Employees’ attitudes toward change with Lean Higher Education in Moroccan public universities

Ali Allaoui, Rachid Benmoussa

The purpose of this paper is to study the attitudes of higher education employees to the change with Lean at public universities in Morocco in order to determinate the factors of…

Status, stress and fit: comparing the faculty stress impact of university consolidations

Saundra J. Ribando, Catherine P. Slade, C. Kevin Fortner

Institutions of higher education face challenges of fiscal responsibility and their value proposition for students and other stakeholders they serve. Strategies used in business…

Self-efficacy as a resource: a moderated mediation model of transformational leadership, extent of change and reactions to change

Secil Bayraktar, Alfredo Jiménez

Drawing from conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study empirically tests the impact of transformational leadership on commitment to and intention to support…

Case study: examining failure in change management

Ernst Graamans, Kjeld Aij, Alexander Vonk, Wouter ten Have

This case study aims to shed light on what went wrong with the introduction of new surgical suture in a Dutch hospital operating theatre following a tender. Transition to working…

Staff preferences in four SMEs experiencing organizational change

John Mendy

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of preferences when small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are confronted with the practical problems associated with…

Networking competence and its impact on the employability of knowledge workers

Marzena Fryczyńska, Christina Ciecierski

Studies show that employability is fast becoming a significant subject when managing contemporary careers. Indeed, employee networking is a prerequisite for career success, but…

Improving evidence quality for organisational change management through open science

Thomas Rhys Evans

Popular contingency approaches to organisational change management imply that it is known what and when practices are most appropriate and effective to manage change. The current…

Why should I share knowledge with others? A review-based framework on events leading to knowledge hiding

Amitabh Anand, Piera Centobelli, Roberto Cerchione

The significance of managing and sharing employee knowledge for successful organizational change, innovation, and for sustainable advantage has indeed been suggested by research…

How did a local guerrilla turn into a global gorilla? Learning how transformational change happened under dynamic capabilities from the rise of Huawei

Xin Liang, Lin Xiu, Wei Fang, Sibin Wu

In this paper, the authors tentatively develop a theoretical model that depicts how the dynamic capabilities of a firm may be driven by three macro-organizational foundations…

Organizational capability for change and performance in artisanal businesses in Mexico

Patricia S. Sánchez-Medina

Businesses in Mexico, particularly small and mid-sized companies, are faced with numerous challenges: a lack of competition, difficulty in positioning and maintaining oneself in…

The tetralemma of the business family: A systemic approach to business-family dilemmas in research and practice

Heiko Kleve, Steffen Roth, Tobias Köllner, Ralf Wetzel

This conceptual article aims to contribute to the design of a theory of family-influenced firms by a framework for the management of business-family dilemmas.