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The Development, Validation, and Practical Application of an Employee Agility and Resilience Measure to Facilitate Organizational Change

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  • Braun, Thomas J.
  • Hayes, Bryan C.
  • DeMuth, Rachel L. Frautschy
  • Taran, Olya A.

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Traditional change management approaches that focus on linear models and top-down control have proved less than adequate in addressing organizational change within the complexity and speed of today's unprecedented change. Researchers have suggested that by developing greater workforce agility, companies may be better positioned to manage or moderate rapid change and use this capability as a competitive advantage. Complementing current strategies with a different approach to managing change focused on individual agility and resilience may be a first step. This article focuses on the development, validation, and practical application of an employee agility and resilience measurement scale as part of a program in support of an alternative approach to managing organizational change. Results indicate that focusing on individual agility and resilience can prepare employees to handle uncertainty more successfully by adapting to change quicker and managing stress more effectively.

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  • Braun, Thomas J. & Hayes, Bryan C. & DeMuth, Rachel L. Frautschy & Taran, Olya A., 2017. "The Development, Validation, and Practical Application of an Employee Agility and Resilience Measure to Facilitate Organizational Change," Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Cambridge University Press, vol. 10(4), pages 703-723, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:inorps:v:10:y:2017:i:04:p:703-723_00
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    1. Leonel Prieto & Md Farid Talukder, 2023. "Resilient Agility: A Necessary Condition for Employee and Organizational Sustainability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(2), pages 1-24, January.
    2. Yuanlong Li & Jingqi Gao & Chongyang Qian & Xiang Wu, 2022. "The Mediation Role of Safety Attitude in the Impact of Resilience on the Safety Behavior of Coal Miners in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(22), pages 1-23, November.
    3. Wim Coreynen & Arjen van Witteloostuijn & Johanna Vanderstraeten, 2021. "Toward Servitized Research: An Integrated Approach for Sustainable Product-Service Innovation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(15), pages 1-21, July.
    4. Kiruba Nagini R. & S. Uma Devi & Sayed Mohamed, 2020. "A Proposal on Developing a 360° Agile Organizational Structure by Superimposing Matrix Organizational Structure with Cross-functional Teams," Management and Labour Studies, XLRI Jamshedpur, School of Business Management & Human Resources, vol. 45(3), pages 270-294, August.

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