EMPIRICAL RESEARCH

 

Logo-od: The applicability of logotherapy as an organisation development intervention

 

 

Daniel H Bürger; Freddie Crous; Gert Roodt

Department of Human Resource Management, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Correspondence

 

 

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ABSTRACT

The study investigated the relationship between "resistance to or readiness for change" (ROR-change) and "meaning seeking", and whether a logotherapy-based intervention - Logo-OD - would impact on resistance to change. A quasi-experimental design and various statistical procedures were applied to test formulated hypotheses. Of a survey population of 1 637 individuals, 193 and 76 respondents formed part of the pre- and post-test samples respectively. Whereas a significant relationship was established between said constructs, no significant effect of Logo-OD was observed. These results supported the primary conclusions emanating from the literature: the role of Logo-OD is one of a positive trigger event for organisational change.

Keywords: Organisational change, resistance to change, organisation development (OD), Viktor Frankl, logotherapy

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Correspondence:
Daniel H Burger
E-mail: dburger@resolve.co.za