JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Scope & Guideline
Shaping Tomorrow's Organizations Today
Introduction
Aims and Scopes
- Organizational Change Management:
The journal focuses on the processes, strategies, and practices involved in managing change within organizations, examining how change can be effectively implemented and sustained. - Leadership and Change:
It explores the role of various leadership styles and competencies in facilitating organizational change, emphasizing transformational and sustainable leadership. - Employee Engagement and Behavior:
The journal examines factors influencing employee behavior during change initiatives, including resistance, participation, and the impact of organizational culture. - Digital Transformation and Innovation:
A significant focus is on the intersection of digital technologies and organizational change, analyzing how digital transformation drives innovation and alters traditional management practices. - Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR):
It addresses the role of sustainability in organizational change, exploring how CSR initiatives can support change processes and enhance organizational resilience. - Crisis Management and Resilience:
The journal investigates organizational responses to crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, and how these events catalyze change and influence organizational resilience. - Interdisciplinary Perspectives:
The journal encourages contributions from various disciplines, integrating insights from psychology, sociology, and management to provide a holistic view of change management.
Trending and Emerging
- Digital Transformation and Innovation Strategies:
There is a growing emphasis on how digital transformation impacts organizational change, with research focusing on innovation strategies and the integration of technology in change management. - Sustainability and Green Leadership:
An increasing number of articles are exploring the relationship between sustainability practices and leadership styles, particularly how green transformational leadership can drive organizational change. - Employee Well-being and Psychological Capital:
Recent studies are trending towards understanding the role of employee well-being and psychological capital in supporting organizational change efforts, indicating a shift towards a more human-centric approach. - Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) Framework:
The application of CAS frameworks in understanding organizational change is emerging as a significant theme, reflecting the complexity and interconnectedness of modern organizations. - Crisis Change Management:
Research focusing on organizational responses to crises, particularly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, is gaining traction, examining how crises can serve as catalysts for rapid change and adaptation. - Paradoxical Leadership and Change:
There is an increasing interest in paradoxical leadership styles and their effects on organizational change, highlighting the complexities and dualities leaders face in managing change processes.
Declining or Waning
- Traditional Change Models:
There is a noticeable decline in publications centered on traditional change management models, as researchers increasingly favor more dynamic and flexible approaches that consider the complexities of modern organizational environments. - Static Organizational Structures:
Research focusing on static and hierarchical organizational structures is becoming less frequent, with a growing emphasis on agile and adaptive organizational frameworks that better respond to rapid changes. - Top-Down Change Initiatives:
The prevalence of studies advocating for top-down change initiatives is waning, as there is a shift towards exploring participatory and inclusive change processes that engage employees at all levels. - Individual-Centric Change Analysis:
Recent publications indicate a decline in individual-focused analyses of change, suggesting a move towards examining collective behaviors and team dynamics in the context of organizational change. - Resistance to Change as a Negative Force:
The framing of resistance to change solely as a barrier is diminishing, with an emerging perspective that recognizes resistance as a potential source of valuable feedback and a catalyst for constructive change.
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