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Organizing reflexivity in designed change: the ethnoventionist approach
Alfons van Marrewijk, Marcel Veenswijk, Stewart CleggThe purpose of this paper is to reflect upon the role of intervention‐oriented scientists in the process of organisation development. The paper seeks to contribute to the growing…
Taking the long view: A cultural analysis of memory as resisting and facilitating organizational change
Darren McCabeThis paper aims to enhance understanding of organizational change by countering managerial and critical assumptions that it is possible to break with the past.
Facilitating unlearning during implementation of new technology
Karen BeckerOne of the critical issues for change management, particularly in relation to the implementation of new technologies, is the existence of prior knowledge and established mental…
A deeper understanding of evolution of the role of the object in organizational process: The concept of “mediation object”
Anthony Hussenot, Stéphanie MissonierThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the different roles and natures of objects in organizational process. Furthermore, the concept of the mediation object is developed to…
Change, meaning and identity at the workplace
Stefanie C. ReissnerThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how organisational change can affect the development of personal identities using a narrative approach.
Strategizing of China's major players: a Bourdieusian perspective
Leonel Prieto, Lei WangThe purpose of this paper is to propose Bourdieu's theory of practice (TOP) as a useful framework for conceptualizing agents' strategizing by considering players' strategizing as…
Workplace spirituality, contested meaning, and the culture of organization: A critical sensemaking account
Brad S. Long, Jean Helms MillsThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to existing critiques of workplace spirituality and organizational culture. The paper links the two by problematising definitions of…
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