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“The Blind Men and the Elephant”: A Postmodern Analysis of the Resistance to Organizational Change
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@MISC{Ge_“theblind,
author = {Yiling Ge},
title = {“The Blind Men and the Elephant”: A Postmodern Analysis of the Resistance to Organizational Change},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
This paper re-evaluates the concept of resistance in a postmodernist perspective based on the results of three interviews given in a public building service organization, which is undergoing an organizational change. Deconstruction, intertextuality and narrative causality analysis methods were used. The paper proposes that resistance is caused by the differences between employees ’ and change-initiator’s subjective realities. The finding supports the view of treating resistance as a constructive tool for organizational change. The author suggests to introduce the concepts of subjective reality and postmodern in the organization and encourage employee participation and communication to overcome the resistance.
