Monday, December 13, 2010

INDIVIDUAL RESISTANCE TO CHANGE

Five reasons why individuals may resist change are

1. Habit: Life is complex, to cope with having to make hundreds of decisions everyday, we all
rely on habits or programmed responses.
2. Security: People with a high need for security are likely to resist change because it threatens
their feelings of safety.
3. Economic factors: Another source of individual resistance is concern that changes will lower
one’s income.
4. Fear of the unknown: Changes substitute ambiguity and uncertainty for the known.
5. Selective information processing: Individuals shape their

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