The Psychology of Organizational Change

Viewing Change from the Employee's Perspective

Shaul Oreg, Alexandra Michel, Rune Todnem By

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781107020092
• eBook ISBN: 9781107352506
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Applied Psychology
• Index: Psychology

In a rapidly changing world, with constantly shifting dynamics, organizational change may prove essential if businesses are to continue to succeed. The majority of research on organizational change adopts a macro outlook, focusing on strategic issues from the perspective of the organization and its management. In this volume we undertake a micro perspective, focusing on the individual and, more specifically, the importance of the employees and their reactions to organizational change. This focus expands our understanding of why change initiatives frequently fail. The Psychology of Organizational Change constitutes an essential resource for scholars, students, and practitioners in the field of organizational change and development who strive to understand how to make change work not only for the organization, but also for its members.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Figures and tables
• Notes on contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Part I Introduction
• Part II The nature of employees’ reactions to change
• Part III Predicting employees’ reactions to change: individual factors
• Part IV Predicting employees’ reactions to change: organizational factors
• Part V The role of communication within the process of change
• Part VI The interplay between change and the organization
• Part VII Conclusion and commentary
• Index