Organizational path transformation in response to disruptive environmental changes: The role of middle managers

F Su, JY Mao, SL Jarvenpaa - Long Range Planning, 2023 - Elsevier
Organizations need to shift from the existing path and form a new path (ie, realizing path
transformation) after disruptive environmental changes, and yet it is a difficult process hardly …

Unpacking continuity and change as a process of organizational transformation

N Malhotra, CRB Hinings - Long Range Planning, 2015 - Elsevier
We have abundant evidence to suggest that organizational transformations occur through a
process of continuity and change rather than disruptive upheaval. In this study, we identify …

The social practice of coevolving strategy and structure to realize mandated radical change

P Jarzabkowski, J Lê, J Balogun - Academy of management …, 2019 - journals.aom.org
This paper draws on a longitudinal interpretive case study to develop a theoretical model of
how actions by people across an organization coevolve strategy and structure in order to …

Coping with supervisor sanctions during organizational change: core members' active change behavior and followers' middle way thinking

YJ Luo, YP Li, J Du - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recent research has shown that an organizational change implementation tactic is vital for
influencing employee reactions to change. Hard tactics, such as supervisor sanction, are …

[PDF][PDF] Unit-focused and individual-focused transformational leadership: The role of middle leaders in the midst of incremental organizational change

MZ Carter, DR Self, DF Bandow… - … of Management Policy …, 2014 - academia.edu
The phenomenon of organizational change is central to and pervades researchers' and
practitioners' thinking on organizations (Ford & Ford, 1994). Organizations are purposeful or …

Leadership behaviors and human agency in the valley of despair: A meta-framework for organizational change implementation

D Potosky, W Azan - Human resource management review, 2023 - Elsevier
For organizational leaders, implementing change in a workplace means influencing
employees to do something new or behave differently. For employees, implementing a …

The roots of misalignment: Insights from a system dynamics perspective

J Baker, H Singh - 2015 - openrepository.aut.ac.nz
Aligning IT strategy with business strategy has repeatedly been shown to yield
organizational performance benefits, and is consistently among executives' most important …

Empowering middle managers to free their strategic capabilities

C Letierce, C Mills, N Arnaud - Journal of Organizational Change …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This article aims to better understand how empowered middle manager engage in
change translation? Relying on the notions of building and dwelling strategizing, the authors …

Environmental scanning, futures research, strategic foresight and organizational future orientation: a review, integration, and future research directions

R Rohrbeck, M Bade - ISPIM Annual Conference, 2012 - papers.ssrn.com
In this paper we explore the current understanding on how firms explore future changes and
trends as well as plan their managerial responses. We review literature in four research …

Middle managers' strategising practices to effect strategic change

K van Niekerk… - Journal of Change …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Strategic organizational changes in the higher education sector are costly and resource
intensive but considered crucial for the longevity and feasibility of organizations in this …