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 …

The objective of the SAGE Strategy Series is to publish significant contributions in the field of
management in general, and strategy in particular. The books aim to make a scholarly and …

Scholars hold different views about whether organizations consist of things or processes
and about variance or process methods for conducting research. By combining these two …

Although studies of organization certainly need to include analysis of discourse, one
prominent tendency within current research on organizational discourse limits its value for …

The tendency for intended strategies to lead to unintended consequences is well
documented. This longitudinal, real-time analysis of planned change implementation …

We explore the relationship between discourse and interorganizational collaboration,
arguing that interorganizational collaboration can be understood as the product of sets of …

In this paper we rethink and reframe organizational learning in terms of organizational
becoming. We see these concepts as two mutually implicating ways of exploring and …

abstract The leadership literature typically talks about the discrete individuality of its subject
and particularly the personal qualities and capabilities of a few key people occupying top …

Using the resource-based perspective and the organizational change literature, we
conceptually describe and empirically test a new and important organizational capability …

Afterword: why language matters in the analysis of organizational change | Emerald Insight
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