Change levels

Aspect

Example

Main aspect

Personal

Lack of knowledge about the future state.

“Is the lack of knowledge about the future state, as change is a journey into the unknown?”

“Which caused me a lot of stress myself, because I knew exactly that she wouldn’t change anything for the management positions, but then our smallest worker with a lower income would have to suffer anyway.”

Fear of the unknown or hope.

Social responsibility.

Situational

Disregarded human integration.

Dysfunctional organizational culture.

Bad management and poor leadership.

“When I relied on others for my purposes, I experienced a combined reaction from them. Some of them criticized me for my laziness and I was hurt by the negative criticism.”

“I had to justify very quickly everything that had been built and why.”

Disappointment.

Justification.

Time pressure.

Pressure uncertainty.

Coordination.

Fairness.

Decisional

Dysfunctional organizational culture.

Lack of knowledge about the future state.

Disregarded human integration.

Value system.

“I started to feel a little helpless, thinking that they were unfairly targeted this week due to the company’s bad trading.”

“I felt demotivated and wondered if the change was really worth the effort.”

Helplessness.

Motivation.

Time pressure.

Reorientation.

Being externally determined.

Transitional

Bad management and poor leadership.

Value systems.

Disregarded human integration.

Dysfunctional organizational culture.

Lack of commitment from the management board.

“I feel left out and have lost motivation.”

“There have been many minor reasons, but that has now been the rest.”

“It takes a lot of strength to win everyone over.”

“In terms of belonging and inclusion, I felt disconnected from my team members and colleagues during the transition to remote work.”

“Anxiety, insecurity, and stress.”

No rituals, not at all.

Feeling excluded outgroup.

Give up.

Struggle.

Change.

Belonging and inclusion.

Solidarity.

Anxiety.

Communitas.