TY - JOUR AB - The management of organisational change has assumed critical importance in English local government. Participant perceptions of this change process are examined, reflecting interviews conducted with Chief Executive Officers in 1989‐90. After considering external pressures for change and emerging roles of CEOs, the prerequisites for effective management of change are identified and the strategic responses necessitated by a natural resistance to change. It is argued that the change process in this particular institutional setting raises some distinctive issues. VL - 4 IS - 4 SN - 0951-3558 DO - 10.1108/EUM0000000001699 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000001699 AU - Isaac‐Henry Kester AU - Painter Chris PY - 1991 Y1 - 1991/01/01 TI - Organisational Response to Environmental Turbulence: The Management of Change in English Local Government T2 - International Journal of Public Sector Management PB - MCB UP Ltd Y2 - 2024/05/13 ER -