Category

Description

Example

Accompaniment

Experiencing support during the change process and feeling “in good hands”.

“My new team welcomed me and I had support from top management.”

“This is where most of the problems developed, because the motivation was not there from the team.”

Communitas

Communitas is a group of people regardless of their status, that all are of equal worth; and that all should be treated with respect and dignity. “Communitas” as an unstructured and mainly undifferentiated group of “equal”. Such liminal participants feel themselves as one entity grouped by the liminal phase.

“I had confidence in my team, everyone stuck together well and welcomed the new employee well.”

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

Sense of security

The environment in which the change took place was safe and pleasant for me.

“I had a stronger sense of security because I knew that this change was important for my personal growth and development.”

“In the face of the change, I did not feel safe as there was a lot of ambiguity.”

Rituals

A ritual is a predetermined rule, usually formal and often solemn-festive act with symbolic content and is often accompanied by certain word formulas and fixed gestures. Rituals also have numerous functions on a social level, because they can indicate social structures, such as who belongs to a family, a club or a company and who does not.

“A joint team meeting on Wednesdays with lunch afterwards.”

“No, it was simply decided without us.”