Narratives as sources of stability and change in organizations: Approaches and directions for future research

E Vaara, S Sonenshein, D Boje - Academy of management annals, 2016 - journals.aom.org
Although narrative analysis has made significant advances in organization and
management studies, scholars have not yet unleashed its full potential. This review provides …

Informal mentoring at work: A review and suggestions for future research

S Janssen, M Van Vuuren… - International journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews the literature on informal mentoring at work. Based on two basic
premises of interpersonal relationships, it discusses four promising areas in current …

Paradox research in management science: Looking back to move forward

J Schad, MW Lewis, S Raisch… - Academy of management …, 2016 - journals.aom.org
Paradox studies offer vital and timely insights into an array of organizational tensions. Yet
this field stands at a critical juncture. Over the past 25 years, management scholars have …

Contradictions, dialectics, and paradoxes in organizations: A constitutive approach

LL Putnam, GT Fairhurst… - Academy of Management …, 2016 - journals.aom.org
This article presents a constitutive approach to the study of organizational contradictions,
dialectics, paradoxes, and tensions. In particular, it highlights five constitutive dimensions …

Unfreezing change as three steps: Rethinking Kurt Lewin's legacy for change management

S Cummings, T Bridgman, KG Brown - Human relations, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Kurt Lewin's 'changing as three steps'(unfreezing→ changing→ refreezing) is regarded by
many as the classic or fundamental approach to managing change. Lewin has been …

Beyond routines as things: Introduction to the special issue on routine dynamics

MS Feldman, BT Pentland, L D'Adderio… - Organization …, 2016 - pubsonline.informs.org
Research on routines has grown in recent years as scholars have increasingly recognized
the centrality of this organizational phenomenon (Parmigiani and Howard-Grenville 2011 …

Temporary organizing: Promises, processes, problems

RM Bakker, RJ DeFillippi, A Schwab… - Organization …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Temporary organizing is introduced as process, form and perspective. Then key challenges
and opportunities in the study of temporary organizing are discussed, including …

The resilience of family farms: Towards a relational approach

I Darnhofer, C Lamine, A Strauss, M Navarrete - Journal of Rural Studies, 2016 - Elsevier
Family farms play an important role in the European countryside, yet their number is steadily
declining. This raises the question of what conveys resilience to family farms, ie the ability to …

Learning while (re) configuring: Business model innovation processes in established firms

H Berends, A Smits, I Reymen… - Strategic …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This study addresses the question of how established organizations develop new business
models over time, using a process research approach to trace how four business model …

To start practice theorizing anew: The contribution of the concepts of agencement and formativeness

S Gherardi - Organization, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
The journal Organization was a precursor of the turn to practice with its 2000 Special Issue,
and the burgeoning number of special issues between 2000 and 2011 testifies to the vitality …