Towards a process model of individual change in organizations

This article analyses the way the individual change process unfolds when ma jor; second-order changes are required. Using a framework that integrates b oth tile cognitive and affective components of individual sensemaking and i nterpretation, we develop a process model that systematically analyses the psychology of the individual change process, and, in particular; the source s of resistance to change or inertia. A series of steps in the change proce ss are identified if second-order change is to come about, and a series of testable propositions about the forces that may facilitate or stymie change are developed.