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Abstract

Getting stakeholders' commitment and managing resistance to change successfully are prerequisites for effective change management. In organization development literature, acceptance of change (commitment) and rejection of change (resistance) are typically treated as separate, unrelated phenomena. In this article, it is argued that commitment and resistance are closely linked in the sense that they represent a polarity--two poles of a continuum. Building on this notion, sequential phases of resistance and acceptance of change (or commitment) are explained and then summarized in terms of a continuum model. In this process, the extant confusion regarding the concept commitment is also addressed. Commitment is described in terms of elements of commitment and explanations of the relationships and differences between commitment and related concepts such as empowerment, support, and involvement are also offered in terms of a description of the elements of commitment and the continuum model. A number of theoretical and practical applications of the resistance to commitment continuum model are suggested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]