Resistance to change during uncertainty-perspective of covid-19: An empirical investigation into resistance management in the healthcare organizations
Abstract
Resistance to change is widely recognized as the main reason of failure, when it comes to any kind of change initiatives. Despite its importance, there is still a rather limited knowledge concerning the factors that trigger this behavior at the workplace. The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors affecting in healthcare organizations. a mixed method approach used in this research study to identify the factors that facilitate healthcare organizational change during uncertainty. Data collection was semi-structured interviews with purposive sampling to select respondents which included top executives, human resource managers, CEOs and line managers. Clustered probability sampling method has been carried out for the questionnaire survey and analyzed the data with computer software SPSS.
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