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Abstract
Purpose: This article aims to analyse the relationship between staff burnout and resistance to change as well as the implications for leadership.
Design/methodology/approach: The Job Demands Resource Model, the Social Exchange Theory, and the Model of Socially Induced Burnout were used to analyse the relationship of burnout with resistance to change.
Findings: Leadership support is essential in reducing the influence of job demands on staff and on overcoming burnout so that resistance to change is prevented.
Originality/value: This lies on the development of a leadership approach based on the factors that influence burnouted staff against change.
期刊介绍:
The principal aim of the journal is to provide a medium for the exchange of best practice, knowledge and research between academic and professional disciplines from education, social and health settings to bring about advancement of services for people with intellectual disabilities. The idea of a practice-led journal is both exciting and timely. This journal serves as a medium for all those involved with people with intellectual disabilities to submit and publish papers on issues relevant to promoting services for people with intellectual disabilities.