Employee Stress and Organizational Change

The focus in" rel="nofollow">in this unit is on the impact of employee stress on organizational change - how does it affect commitment and how does contin" rel="nofollow">inuous change affect people in" rel="nofollow">in organizations? The articles also present two in" rel="nofollow">interestin" rel="nofollow">ing approaches - one based more in" rel="nofollow">in the practitioner literature and the other from the academic realm- Both perspectives are important for developin" rel="nofollow">ing a deep understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of organizational change- I’d suggest you read the Vakola et al article (Attitudes towards organizational change) first - pages 164-169 are mostly descriptive of the research methodology and statistical analysis- Then, read the Abrahamson article (Avoidin" rel="nofollow">ing Repetitive Change Syndrome)- It is quite short but I thin" rel="nofollow">ink you’ll fin" rel="nofollow">ind in" rel="nofollow">interestin" rel="nofollow">ing observations, some that lin" rel="nofollow">ink to the Vakola article- Discussion questions: Discuss the two main" rel="nofollow">in poin" rel="nofollow">ints you take away from the articles and the video, and comment on how these poin" rel="nofollow">ints relate (or not) to your own experiences of stress and organizational change- The word count for each of the two main" rel="nofollow">in poin" rel="nofollow">ints is 250 words- 80 the total word count for this assignment is 500 words-