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**RESISTANCE & TEACHER RESISTANCE** The area of "resistance theory" and in particular "teacher resistance" is widely published in a number of journals. Findings have been categorised for ease of access:

Achinstein, B. & Ogawa, R. (2006) “//(//In)Fidelity: What the Resistance of New Teachers Reveals about Professional Principles and Prescriptive Educational Policies” //Harvard Educational Review// //76//(1) 30 – 63
 * Education and Sociology/Education **

Fullan, M. (1993) //Change Forces: Probing the Depth of Educational Reform,// Palmer Press, London, Chapter 3 & 4

Grimmett, P.P. and Crehan, E.P. (1992) “The nature of collegiality in teacher development: the case of clinical supervision” In: Fullan, M. and Hargreaves, A. (Eds) //Teacher Development and Educational Change// London Falmer Press, pp. 56-85

Hargreaves, A. (1994) //Changing Teachers, Changing Times: Teachers’ Work and Culture in the Postmodern Age//. London : Cassell

Hargreaves, A. (1982) “Resistance and Relative Autonomy Theories: Problems of Distortio and Incoherence in Recent Marxist Analyses of Education”, //British Journal of Sociology of Education// //3//(2) 107-126

Gitlin, A and Margonis, F. (1995) “The Political Aspect of Reform: Teacher Resistance as Good Sense”, //American Journal of Education// //103// August 377 – 405

Tye, K and Tye, B.B. (1993) “The Realities of Schooling : Overcoming Teacher Resistance to Global Education” //Theory into Practice// //32//(1) 58-63.

Lam, S. Yim, P. and Lam, T. (2002) “Transforming School Culture: Can True Collaboration be initiated?” //Educational Research// 44(2) 181-195

McNeil, L.M. (2000) //Contradictions of school reform : Educational costs of standardized testing//. New York: Routledge.

Schempp, P.G., Sparkes, A. & Templin, T. (1993) The micropolitics of teacher induction” //American Educational Research Journal// 30 (2) 447-472.

Schmoker, M. and Marzano, R. (1999) Realizing the promise of standards-based education. //Educational Leadership// 56 17-21.

Argyris, C. and Schon, D. (1978) //Organizational Learning. //Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley.
 * Organization & Management Studies: **

Beer, M, Eisentat, R A. and Spector, B. (1990) “Why Change Programs Don’t Produce Change” //Harvard Business Review// //68//(6) 158-66

Burnes, B. (1996) No Such Thing as …a “One Best Way’ to Manage Organisational Change. //Management Decision//, 34 (10) : 11-18.

Cairns, L. (200?) “Capable organization: new ways to handle change and strategy” //A paper presented at the Third International Conference on the Dynamics of Change and Strategy,// 23-24 April, University of Surrey, U.K.

Ford, J. D. Ford, L. W and D’Amelio A (2008) “Resistance to Change: The Rest of the Story”. //Academy of Management Review// //33(//2) 362-377

Diamond, M. (1986) “Resistance to Change: A Physoanalytic Critique or Argyris and Schon’s contributions to Organization Theory and Intervention//” Journal of Management Studies// //23//(5) 543-562

Schwartz, G.M. and Watson, B.M. (2005) The influence of perceptions of social identity on information technology-enabled change. //Group and Organizational Management// 30, 289-318.

Robinson, V.M.J. (2002) Organizational Learning, Organizational Problem Solving and Models of Mind. //Second International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Administration//. Leithwood, K. and Hallinger, P. (eds) : 775-812.

van Dijk, R and van Dick, R (2009). “Navigating Organizational Change Leaders, Employee Resistance and Work-based Identities” //Journal of Change Management 9//(2) 143-163

Mahalik, J. R. (1994) “Development of Client Resistance Scale” //Journal of Counseling Physchology, 41// (1) 58-68
 * Psychology of Resistance: **

Freedman, A M. (1997) “The Undiscussable Sides of Implementing Transformation Change” //Consulting Psychology Journal : Practice and Research 49//(1) 51-76

Eagle, M. (1999) “Why Don’t People Change? A psychoanalytic Perspective”, //Journal of Psychotherapy Integration//, 9(1) 3-31

Wachtel, P. L. (1999) “Resistance as a Problem for Practice and Theory”, //Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 9//(1) 103-117

Dowd, E. T. (1999) “Why Don’t People Change? What Stops Them for Changing? An Integrative Commentary on the Special Issue on Resistance” //Journal of Psychotherapy Inegration, 9//(1)119 – 131

Tajfel, H. and Turner, J.C. (1986) The social identity theory of intergroup behavior, in: S. Worchel and W.G. Austin (eds) //The Psychology of Intergroup Relations//, 7 – 24 Chicago: Nelson-Hall.

Stoolmiller, M. Duncan, T. Bank, L. and Patterson, G. (1993) “Some Problems and Solutions in the Study of Change: Significant Patterns in Client Resistance//” Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology// //61//(//6//) 920-928

Zuwerink, J and Devine, P. (1996) “Attitude Importance and Resistance to Persuasion : It’s Not Just the Thought that Counts” //Journal of Personality and Social Psychology// //70//(5) 931-944. 

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