1st Edition

The Social Psychology of Change Management Theories and an Evidence-Based Perspective on Social and Organizational Beings

320 Pages
by Routledge

318 Pages
by Routledge

318 Pages
by Routledge

Changes are rarely accomplished by individuals. People are social animals and changes are social processes which have to be organized. Social psychology is essential for the effectiveness and development of the field of change management. It is necessary to understand people in change processes. Social psychology also teaches us that meaning is key during change and intervention. Social... Read more

Research team



List of Tables and Figures



Foreword



 







  1. Social Psychology and Change Management






  2. Model and Methodology






  3. Belonging, Organizational Behavior and Change






  4. Understanding, Organizational Behavior and Change






  5. Controlling, Organizational Behavior and Change






  6. Trusting, Organizational Behavior and Change






  7. Self-enhancing, Organizational Behavior and Change






  8. Towards a Social Psychology of Change Management




 



Appendix A: Overview of Authors and Researchers



Appendix B: Examples of Matrix for each Core Social Motive



Appendix C: Bibliography



Index

Biography

Steven ten Have, PhD, is a full professor of strategy and change at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, chairman of the Foundation for Evidence Based Management, and partner at TEN HAVE Change Management, the Netherlands.




John Rijsman, PhD, is a full professor of social psychology at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. He obtained his PhD in experimental social psychology from the University of Louvain in 1970, and, after a short stay at the University of Southern Illinois, was asked in 1972 to become chair of social psychology at the new faculty of psychology in Tilburg, where he has stayed ever since.




Wouter ten Have, PhD, is a full professor of organization and change at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, visiting university lecturer of change management (MBA health- care management) at the Amsterdam Business School, the Netherlands and partner at TEN HAVE Change Management, the Netherlands.




Joris Westhof, MSc, is a business consultant at Zestgroup, the Netherlands.