Studies from the Academy have seldom focused on organizational change communication specifically. More broadly, the topic remains relatively under-researched with organizational change communication research in its infancy (Eisenberg, Andrews, Murphy, & Laine-Timmerman, 1999; Lewis & Seibold, 1996). This paper addresses the lack of organizational change communication research and contributes to theoretical development of communication during organizational change. A model of change communication during continuous change is presented from the analysis of two longitudinal empirical studies. Subsequently, Van de Ven and Poole's (1995) typology of change theories is extended to accommodate the sequencing of three change communication models, monologic and dialogic change communication, and the background talk of change
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