Inhibitors of Restructuring Change in Textile and Apparel Enterprises

Abstract

The paper addresses the problem of change inhibitors in textile and apparel companies. The textile and apparel industry is characterized by high dynamics of sector-specific change, the cyclic nature of its processes, and by changing fashion trends. Companies that change more slowly than their environment are characterized by inertia. The objective of the paper is to identify the factors inhibiting restructuring change in textile and apparel enterprises. The first part of the paper discusses the theoretical aspects of change inhibitors, placing them in the context of the theory of the population ecology approach and the notion of organizational inertia, that refer to the issues of restructuring change inhibitors. The second part offers an empirical illustration of change inhibitors. The study employs a quantitative approach. A linear regression equation is used to determine the factors most strongly inhibiting restructuring change in textile and apparel enterprises. The main inhibitors of restructuring change in the textile and apparel industry are identified.