Evaluating Planned Organizational Change: A Method for Assessing Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Change

Authors
Terborg, James R. Howard, George S. Maxwell, Scott E.
Citation
R. Terborg, James et al., Evaluating Planned Organizational Change: A Method for Assessing Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Change, Academy of Management review , 5(1), 1980, pp. 109-121
Journal title
Academy of Management review → ACNP
ISSN journal
03637425
Volume
5
Issue
1
Year of publication
1980
Pages
109 - 121
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
Three conceptually different types of change that can occur with self-report data were identified by Golembiewski, Billingsley, and Yeager [1976]. We review research on this topic and propose a new technique capable of indexing all three types of change at both individual and group levels of analysis.