“From the point of view of factory management, there were two purposes to the research: (1) Why do people resist change so strongly? and (2) What can be done to overcome this resistance?”

—  John R. P. French

Source: "Overcoming resistance to change." 1948, p. 512

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American psychologist 1913–1995

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