Dispositional resistance to change: Measurement equivalence and the link to personal values across 17 nations.

Abstract

The concept of dispositional resistance to change has been introduced in a series of exploratory and confirmatory analyses through which the validity of the Resistance to Change (RTC) Scale has been established (S. Oreg, 2003). However, the vast majority of participants with whom the scale was validated were from the United States. The purpose of the present work was to examine the meaningfulness of the construct and the validity of the scale across nations. Measurement equivalence analyses of data from 17 countries, representing 13 languages and 4 continents, confirmed the cross-national validity of the scale. Equivalent patterns of relationships between personal values and RTC across samples extend the nomological net of the construct and provide further evidence that dispositional resistance to change holds equivalent meanings across nations.

An Investigation of Dispositional Resistance, Change-specific Resistance and Change-Related Information: The Case of the “4+4+4” Educational Reform in Turkey

“…Individuals' attitudes towards change might also be influenced by some other variables such as their general attitudes towards change (Lau & Woodman, 1995), such as personality traits (Oreg, 2003;Oreg, 2006;Oreg et al, 2008) and variables in the environment (Van Veen, Sleegers, & Van de Ven, 2005). Among these variables, personal characteristics of change recipients' reactions to change have been exhaustively studied previously (Oreg, Vakola, & Armenakis, 2011).…”

“…As can be seen in Figure 2, dispositional resistance to change has four components: emotional reaction, routine-seeking, short-term focus and cognitive rigidity. Oreg et al (2008) argue that dispositional resistance to change might have an impact on individuals' stance in resisting or avoiding change.…”

“…The Turkish version of the scale developed by Oreg et al (2008) was used in this study. The original four-dimensional factorial structure was confirmed.…”

“…This scale was developed by Oreg et al (2008) to uncover employees' dispositional resistance to change.…”

Mindfulness at work

“…For this study, the composite of items from all four subscales was used to provide a single measure of resistance to change. The validity and reliability of this scale has been demonstrated in a variety of contexts, with the internal consistency coefficient ranging from .72 to .86 (Hon, Bloom, & Crant, 2014;Oreg, 2003Oreg, , 2006Oreg et al, 2008). The coefficient alpha for the current sample was .91.…”