diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-move/item-move.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-move/item-move.component.spec.ts
index 3ff76a1466..b51d83c0ae 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-move/item-move.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-move/item-move.component.spec.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ describe('ItemMoveComponent', () => {
   const routeStub = {
     data: observableOf({
       dso: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(Object.assign(new Item(), {
-        id: 'item1'
+        id: 'item1',
+        owningCollection: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(Object.assign(new Collection(), {
+          id: 'originalOwningCollection',
+        }))
       }))
     })
   };
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-selector/dso-selector/dso-selector.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-selector/dso-selector/dso-selector.component.spec.ts
index 9e68c0564b..2565b36f7d 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/dso-selector/dso-selector/dso-selector.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-selector/dso-selector/dso-selector.component.spec.ts
@@ -92,12 +92,18 @@ describe('DSOSelectorComponent', () => {
   });
 
   describe('populating listEntries', () => {
-    it('should not be empty', () => {
-      expect(component.listEntries.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    it('should not be empty', (done) => {
+      component.listEntries$.subscribe((listEntries) => {
+        expect(listEntries.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+        done();
+      });
     });
 
-    it('should contain a combination of the current DSO and first page results', () => {
-      expect(component.listEntries).toEqual([searchResult, ...firstPageResults]);
+    it('should contain a combination of the current DSO and first page results', (done) => {
+      component.listEntries$.subscribe((listEntries) => {
+        expect(listEntries).toEqual([searchResult, ...firstPageResults]);
+        done();
+      });
     });
 
     describe('when current page increases', () => {
@@ -105,8 +111,11 @@ describe('DSOSelectorComponent', () => {
         component.currentPage$.next(2);
       });
 
-      it('should contain a combination of the current DSO, as well as first and second page results', () => {
-        expect(component.listEntries).toEqual([searchResult, ...firstPageResults, ...nextPageResults]);
+      it('should contain a combination of the current DSO, as well as first and second page results', (done) => {
+        component.listEntries$.subscribe((listEntries) => {
+          expect(listEntries).toEqual([searchResult, ...firstPageResults, ...nextPageResults]);
+          done();
+        });
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object-component-loader.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object-component-loader.component.spec.ts
index 3442b044a2..458272c606 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object-component-loader.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object-component-loader.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { waitForAsync, ComponentFixture, TestBed, fakeAsync, tick } from '@angular/core/testing';
-import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, ComponentFactoryResolver, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { ComponentFixture, fakeAsync, TestBed, tick, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
 import { ListableObjectComponentLoaderComponent } from './listable-object-component-loader.component';
 import { ListableObject } from '../listable-object.model';
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../../../../core/shared/generic-constructor';
@@ -117,17 +117,33 @@ describe('ListableObjectComponentLoaderComponent', () => {
   });
 
   describe('When a reloadedObject is emitted', () => {
+    let listableComponent;
+    let reloadedObject: any;
 
-    it('should re-instantiate the listable component ', fakeAsync(() => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      spyOn((comp as any), 'connectInputsAndOutputs').and.returnValue(null);
+      spyOn((comp as any).contentChange, 'emit').and.returnValue(null);
 
-      spyOn((comp as any), 'instantiateComponent').and.returnValue(null);
+      listableComponent = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-item-list-element')).componentInstance;
+      reloadedObject = 'object';
+    });
+
+    it('should pass it on connectInputsAndOutputs', fakeAsync(() => {
+      expect((comp as any).connectInputsAndOutputs).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 
-      const listableComponent = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-item-list-element')).componentInstance;
-      const reloadedObject: any = 'object';
       (listableComponent as any).reloadedObject.emit(reloadedObject);
       tick();
 
-      expect((comp as any).instantiateComponent).toHaveBeenCalledWith(reloadedObject);
+      expect((comp as any).connectInputsAndOutputs).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    }));
+
+    it('should re-emit it as a contentChange', fakeAsync(() => {
+      expect((comp as any).contentChange.emit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      (listableComponent as any).reloadedObject.emit(reloadedObject);
+      tick();
+
+      expect((comp as any).contentChange.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(reloadedObject);
     }));
 
   });