“…As such, resistance often has negative, destructive and adversarial connotations. However, by observing the nature and presence of resistance, an organisation can better identify when and how an innovation has significant potential to fail (Davis, 2004;Hartmann and Fischer, 2009;Lapointe and Rivard, 2005;Martinko, Henry and Zmud, 1996;Val and Fuentes, 2003;Waddell and Sohal, 1998). From this stance, resistance offers a positive indication of potential to fail.…”