Resistance to Organizational Change May Be Caused By

question 118

Multiple Choice

Resistance to organizational change may be caused by:

• A)employee perceptions that the new conditions have higher costs and fewer benefits for them.
• B)the psychological cost of uncertainty about the personal risks involved in the change.
• C)employees wanting to prove that change effort won't work because they dislike the change agent or the action is contrary to their recommendations.
• D)All of these may cause resistance to change.
• E)None of these causes resistance to change.

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