Change resistance source

Change resistance source (hereinafter, the Source) is any cause of one's resistance to change.

Types

Individual's Source

Main wikipage: Individual's change-resistance source

Individual's change-resistance source is any Source that concerns an individual.

Enterprise Source

Main wikipage: Enterprise change-resistance source

Enterprise change-resistance source is any Source that concerns an enterprise.

Comparison

Category	The Source
Individual's change-resistance source	Habit. Any settled tendency or usual way of behavior. Personal security. One's freedom from fear of the unknown. Economic conservatism. The tendency to prefer an existing economic stability to change. Fear of the unknown. An unpleasant emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger that the upcoming change may bring. Reaffirmation tendency. An inclination toward favorable perception of something that reaffirms one's attitudes.
Enterprise change-resistance source	Group inertia. Group's tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged. Structural inertia. Organizational structure's tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged. Limited focus of change. One's concern that the proposed change could be limited down to a small part of an enterprise, which cannot be changed without changing other interrelated parts. Threat to expertise. A possibility to lose one's expertise gained in an existing situation as a result of change. Threat to established power relationships. A possibility to damage existing power relationships as a result of change.

Related coursework

1. Project Management Quarter.