ABSTRACT

Individuals dier in their typical responses to change situations. Whereas some people readily accept them, others tend to resist. ese dierences in the typical reaction to change have been conceptualized as a personality

trait, namely, dispositional resistance to change (Oreg, 2003). e resistance to change trait and its measurement scale (henceforth the RTC scale) were established through a series of studies in which the scale’s structural, construct, concurrent, and predictive validities were demonstrated. e more dispositionally resistant to change an individual is, the more likely will he or she exhibit negative attitudes toward specic changes, and the less likely to voluntarily initiate changes (e.g., Nov & Ye, 2008; Oreg, 2006; Oreg, Nevo, Metzer, Leder, & Castro, 2009). e trait is related to, yet both conceptually and empirically distinct from other traits (see Oreg, 2003), such as sensation seeking (Zuckerman, 1994), intolerance for ambiguity (Budner, 1962), risk aversion (Slovic, 1972), dogmatism (Rokeach, 1960), and openness to experience (Digman, 1990).