To help instigate institutional change focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, we developed
and piloted a new tool, grounded in organizational psychology and behavior change theory, that
promotes a sound approach to better understand the inclination to institutional change and the
likelihood of using improved practices to instigate change effectively from multiple stakeholder
point of views. The Readiness, Willingness, and Ability (RWA) tool is grounded in the Theory of
Planned Behavior (TPB) (Ajzen, 1985) to examine individuals’ perceptions of the degree that
their colleagues, leadership and institution are positioned for change. The RWA domains were
not designed to act as a psychometric assessment of TPB, instead, it is rooted in TPB and
accommodates needs for practical administration and ease of understanding and application as
an institutional evaluation tool. In this session, we will present our tool, findings from five
institutions and next steps for its use.