Journal of Organizational Change Management: Volume 32 Issue 1

“The future of an illusion”: a paradoxes of CSR

José María González-González, Francisco D. Bretones, Rocío González-Martínez, Pedro Francés-Gómez

The purpose of this paper is to explore the psychological strategies as well as the rhetorical and discursive arguments developed in organizations and by individuals when they…

Cultivating creative workplaces through mindfulness

Ellen Keithline Byrne, Tojo Thatchenkery

The purpose of this paper is to examine how mindfulness training impacts creativity with individuals in a workgroup and propose a methodology for future research.

Differences in management styles, levels of profitability, and performance across generations, and the development of the Family Business Success Model

Josiane Fahed Sreih, Robert N. Lussier, Matthew C. Sonfield

The purpose of this paper is to, first, investigate the differences between generations in family businesses and, second, develop and verify the Family Business Success Model…

Partners and plagiarisers: dualities in consultants’ influence on organisational change projects

David Shaw

The purpose of this paper is to examine the interplay between the requirements for successful organisational change and the imperatives faced by management consultancy firms in…

Promoting intentional unlearning through an unlearning cycle

Juan Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro, Anthony Wensley

Although there is widespread agreement about the importance of and need for unlearning particularly in an organizational context, concerns have been expressed by some researchers…

A resource-based framework for strategically managing identity

Sam Rockwell

The purpose of this paper is to blend a resource-based view of the firm with the 5R Model of Organizational Identity Processes to offer a new Strategic Identity Management…

Power of positive words: communication, cognition, and organizational transformation

Senthil Kumar Muthusamy

In the extant organizational change literature scant attention has been given to the communication and cognitive processes consequential to organizational transformation. From the…

Towards a framework for innovation orientation within business and management studies: A systematic review and paths for future research

David Norris, Malgorzata Ciesielska

The innovation orientation theory has emerged within the literature in the last 40 years particular within the development of other strategic orientations, but the bulk of seminal…

Business, society, and the need for stewardship orientation

Andre Nijhof, Jaap Schaveling, Nicolette Zalesky

Organizational change involves optimizing a firm’s sustainability performance. The purpose of this paper is to explore how strategic orientations concerning the interface between…

Higher education under fire: implementing and assessing a culture change for sustainment

Paul Barrett, John Gaskins, James Haug

Leadership development is a significant organizational investment and is considered a foundation for a culture change process. In a highly disruptive environment, higher education…