Midwest Academy of Management - New Resistance-Commitment Paradigm

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the resistance- commitment paradigm Ron Koller (ChangeStudy.com ) Consultant & ABD from Capella U

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The following was presented at the 56th annual meeting of the Midwest Academy of Management in Milwaukee, WI, in October of 2013. Peter Sorensen and Therese Yaeger were the OD Track chairpersons.

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Revisiting the resistance-

commitment paradigmRon Koller (ChangeStudy.com)

Consultant & ABD from Capella U

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After the Change

During the

Change

Before theChange

ReadinessAssessment

ComplianceAudit

Current Change Evaluation Tools

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Managers Like Simple

Resist Commitor

For a strategic change, my people will either …

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Literature on both concepts

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Empirical Research

Behavioral Support for Change Scale

Herscovitch & Meyer (2002)

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Confession Time

Can’t survive without a 2 x 2 model

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R2C & C2C Connection?

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Questioning Linearity

Minimize Resistance (right?)

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Resistance as Nonlinear

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Commitment as Nonlinear

Morin et al. (2013)

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Questioning Value Lens

Bovey & Hede (2001)

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Inquiry Questions

1.Are R2C and C2C separate or integrated?

2.Will a nonlinear model fit an integrated R2C-C2C concept?

3.Can we examine with a lesser value lens?

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Aggressive

PositiveDeviance

Passive

Restraint

Obedience

Divergence Ownership

Over-commitment

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Theory Re-cap

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Empirical-Theory

If I can’t test the theory I’m describing, then all I’ve really

done is a nice literature review.

-- Megan Gerhardt (paraphrasing) on JLOS submissions

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Quantify (less values lens)

“Quantitative research involves looking at amounts, or quantities, of one or more variables of interest”

Counting

Leedy & Ormrod (2010), p. 94

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What Can You Count?Objective Measures

(high-low)

Subjective Measures

(good-bad)

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Questions

1.Are R2C and C2C separate or integrated?

2.Will a nonlinear model fit an integrated R2C-C2C concept?

3.Can we examine with a lesser value lens?

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Search for x-axis & y-axis

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Non-evaluative constructs

Energy How much energy do you have for this change? (intensity/magnitude)

• Optimize versus maximize

• Researchers: Bruch et al. (2013), Welbourne et al.

ComplianceTo what degree are you complying with the standard?• Longer-term (v.

Cialdini s-t)• Encompasses

constructive and destructive deviance (Jetten, 2013; Pratt, 2013)

Low

HighLow High

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Change Assessment Model

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Implementation Snapshots

NOTActualData

Hypothesisillustration

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And lastly …1. Looking for 1 organization (500+)

implementing a strategic change in the fall of ‘13 or Jan of ‘14 to run the 19 question valid assessment for the dissertation (all but IRB stamped).

2. Looking for multiple organizations to participate in the development of the energy and compliance scales.

3. Please email your thoughts/feedback to me at [email protected] or see more information at www.ChangeStudy.com.