Organizational ecology aims to explain how social, economic and political conditions affect
the relative abundance and diversity of organizations and to account for their changing …

For the past half-century, the study of organizations has been an active area within
sociology. I provide an overview of the emergence of this specialty during the second half of …

The link between global talent management (GTM) and multinational enterprises'(MNEs)
performance has not been theorized or empirically tested. We develop a theoretical …

" Creating a clear, analytical framework for readers, Institutions and Organizations: Ideas
and Interests, Third Edition continues to reflect the richness and diversity of institutional …

This broad, balanced introduction to organizational studies enables the reader to compare
and contrast different approaches to the study of organizations. This book is a valuable tool …

Sensemaking involves turning circumstances into a situation that is comprehended explicitly
in words and that serves as a springboard into action. In this paper we take the position that …

Organizational learning has many virtues, virtues which recent writings in strategic
management have highlighted. Learning processes, however, are subject to some important …

This paper addresses the question of how technological transitions (TT) come about? Are
there particular patterns and mechanisms in transition processes? TT are defined as major …

All managers face problems in overcoming inertia and implementing innovation and
change. But why is this problem such an enduring one? Organizations are filled with …

This article introduces four basic theories that may serve as building blocks for explaining
processes of change in organizations: life cycle, teleology, dialectics, and evolution. These …