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Fear Of Change

Fear of Change is a psychological construct that denotes an individual's affective resistance to anticipated or actual alterations in personal, organizational, or environmental conditions, distinguished by anxiety-driven cognitions and avoidance behaviors in response to uncertainty or loss of control associated with the change process.

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Publications

858

Citations

32

Authors

14

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Variants

Metathesiophobia

Parents

Publications

16

Fear of progression in chronic diseases

Peter Herschbach, Petra Berg, Andrea Dankert et al. · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · 2005 · 301 citations

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Organizational Readiness for Change, Individual Fear of Change, and Sales Manager Performance: An Empirical Investigation

William A. Weeks, James A. Roberts, Lawrence B. Chonko et al. · Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management · 2004 · 161 citations

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The Paradigm Is Changing: Hopes-and Fears

Rolf Rendtorff · Biblical Interpretation · 1993 · 82 citations

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Organizational Change: The Challenge of Change Aversion

Jason A. Hubbart · Administrative Sciences · 2023 · 73 citations · Full text

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Learned Behavior: The Key to Understanding and Preventing Employee Resistance to Change

Laird W. Mealiea · Group & Organization Studies · 1978 · 34 citations

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Authors

32

  1. LW
    Lois Wladis Hoffman

    University of Michigan, United States

    2 publications · 55 citations

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  2. JF
    John Farquharson

    1 publications · 11 citations

    1

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  3. LP
    Laura Piccardi

    Fondazione Santa Lucia, Italy

    1 publications · 19 citations

    1

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  4. RU
    Robert Ukat

    Technical University of Munich, Germany

    1 publications · 301 citations

    1

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  5. LC
    Linda C. Hodges

    University of Maryland, Baltimore County, United States

    1 publications · 17 citations

    1

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Institutions

14

  1. West Virginia University

    Morgantown, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    73 citations

  2. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    161 citations

  3. Heidelberg University

    Heidelberg, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    82 citations

  4. University of Nebraska–Lincoln

    Lincoln, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    161 citations

  5. Università degli studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale

    Cassino, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  6. University of South Africa

    Pretoria, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  7. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  8. Danubius International University

    Galati, Romania

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

    2 publications · 55 citations

    2

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  2. To improve the academy

    1 publications · 17 citations

    1

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  3. Journal of Psychosomatic Research

    1 publications · 301 citations

    1

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  4. Voprosy filosofii

    1 publications · 12 citations

    1

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  5. Group & Organization Studies

    1 publications · 34 citations

    1

    h-index

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