Six Leadership Values That Minimize Resistance to Change

Abstract

In this study, I examined six leadership principles based on seven leadership values proposed by Bell et al.’s (Using leadership values to minimize resistance and facilitate change: An analysis of 1 Peter 5. In Henson, J. (editor). Biblical organizational spirituality: New testament foundations for leaders and organizations. Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) study and their proposed CHANGE model for minimizing resistance to change.

I review the relevant literature on contemporary organizational leadership theories, followed by a bounded case study design to examine the six principles that sought to answer three research questions:

• How is each principle evident in the participant’s organization?

• What is the benefit/outcome of each principle?

• Why is the benefit/outcome of each principle useful for the employees’ well-being and the overall health of the organization?

Six participants who are active leaders in organizations that are in Jordan accepted the invitation to be interviewed. All leaders are in their mid-career and have solid background and information to speak about their experience in leadership and change management. Each participant was asked 18 questions extracted from the literature within the research questions framework. All six interviews lasted an average of 39 minutes.

The analysis of the 18 responses yielded a total of 171 codes that were grouped into 22 themes. Twelve scale-development items emerged from the analysis of the responses to research question 1.

The study adds to the scholarly literature as well as the practitioner’s literature and helps understand the characteristics, as well as the activities and behaviors, leaders make in a collectivist culture in times of uncertainty and change.