“On the basis of the preliminary theory that resistance to change is a combination of an individual reaction to frustration with strong group-induced forces it seemed that the most appropríate methods for overcoming the resistance to change would be group methods”

—  John R. P. French

Source: "Overcoming resistance to change." 1948, p. 520

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