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resistance to change  

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  • Resistance to change consists of those organizational activities and attitudes that aim to thwart, undermine, and impede change initiatives. Organizational change strategies can be resisted in a variety of ways, ranging from collective refusal, wildcat strikes, and exit to more subtle variants like foot-dragging, ambivalence, and cynicism. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies; Resistance to Change]

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