Research Award: An Investigation into the Influence of Leadership During Technological Changes at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) Data, South Africa

The winner of ACMP's Independent Research Award is Desireé Deftereos. Mary Sylvester, Chair of ACMP’s Independent Research committee, notes, “This MBA thesis-level research paper was written at a very high-level and its objectives were well conceived and clearly stated. Its research design and methodology were rigorous and robust. In the end, we felt this research paper teaches something new to the way change management practitioners apply the practice of change management and that the results of the research will help change management practitioners more successfully do their work, and help researchers develop future research questions thereby leading the way change works.