Employees are invested in the status quo in their jobs

37. Four important sources of individual resistance to change are organization design, organizational culture, resource limitations, and interorganizational agreements.

ANS: F

These are organizational sources of resistance. Six important sources of individual resistance to change are perceptions, personality, habit, threats to power and influence, fear of the unknown, and economic reasons.

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38. Although personality may play a role in resistance to change, it seldom is the only important factor in a situation involving change.

ANS: T
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39. A habit can be a source of comfort, security, and satisfaction for individuals because it allows

them to adjust to the world and cope with it.


ANS: T 

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40. Confronting the unknown does not bother most people.

ANS: F

Confronting the unknown makes most people anxious.

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41. Employees are invested in the status quo in their jobs.

ANS: T
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42. According to the Self Competency: Are You Ready to Change?, a person who agrees with the statement “I believe that an expert who doesn’t come up with a definitive answer probably doesn’t know too much”, has a preference for more predictable and structured situations and indicate that you may not respond as well to change. 

ANS: T
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