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Time, temporality, and history are inherently important constructs in process organization studies, yet have struggled to move beyond limited conceptualizations in management theory. This volume draws together emerging strands of interest to adopt a more nuanced approach in understanding the temporal aspects of organizational processes.
List of contents
- 1: Juliane Reinecke, Roy Suddaby, Ann Langley, and Haridimos Tsoukas: Time, Temporality and History in Process Organization Studies
- 2: William Blattner: Temporality, Aspect, and Narrative: A Heideggerian Approach
- 3: Tor Hernes: Events and the Becoming of Organizational Temporality
- 4: Eviatar Zerubavel: The Sociology of Time
- 5: Anthony Hussenot, Tor Hernes, and Isabelle Bouty: Studying Organization From the Perspective of the Ontology of Temporality: Introducing the Events-Based Approach
- 6: Barbara Simpson, Rory Tracey, and Alia Weston: The Timefulness of Creativity in an Accelerating World
- 7: Arne Lindseth Bygdås, Aina Landsverk Hagen, Ingrid M. Tolstad, and Gudrun Rudningen Skjælaaen: Flowline at Work: Transforming Temporalities in News Organizations Through Metaphor
- 8: Lena E. Bygballe, Anna R. Swärd, Anne Live Vaagaasar: Temporal Shaping of Routine Patterning
- 9: Frithjof E. Wegener and Philippe Lorino: Capturing the Experience of Living Forward from Within the Flow: Fusing "Withness" Approach and Pragmatist Inquiry
- 10: John Hassard, Stephanie Decker, and Michael Rowlinson: Organizational Time in Historical Perspective
- 11: Németh Bongers Diane Ella: Historical Consciousness as a Management Tool
- 12: Henrik Koll and Astrid Jensen: Appropriating the Past in Organizational Change Management: Abandoning and Embracing History
- 13: William M. Foster, Elden M. Wiebe, Diego M. Coraiola, François Bastien, and Roy Suddaby: Memory-Work: Corporate Archivists and Long-Term Remembering in Organizations
- 14: Andrew David Allan Smith: Rhetorical History, Historical Metanarratives, and Rhetorical Effectiveness
- 15: David Musson: The Life and Work of Edith Penrose: Appreciating the Classics in Temporal and Historical Perspective
About the author
Juliane Reinecke is Professor of International Management and Sustainability at King's Business School, King's College London. She is a Fellow at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and Research Fellow at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, from where she received her PhD. Her research interests include process perspectives on global governance, sustainability, practice adaptation and temporality in organizations and in global value chains.
Roy Suddaby is the Winspear Chair of Management at the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business in Victoria, Canada, and a Chair in Organisation Theory at the Management School of University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. His research focuses on the critical role of symbolic resources -- legitimacy, authenticity, identity, and history -- in improving an organization's competitive position. His current research examines the changing social and symbolic role of the modern corporation.
Ann Langley is Professor of Management at HEC Montréal, Canada, and Canada Research Chair in Strategic Management in Pluralistic Settings. Her research focuses on strategic change, leadership, innovation and the use of management tools in complex organizations with an emphasis on processual research approaches.
Haridimos Tsoukas holds the Columbia Ship Management Chair in Strategic Management at the University of Cyprus, Cyprus and is a Professor of Organization Studies at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK. His research interests include: knowledge-based perspectives on organizations; organizational becoming; the management of organizational change and social reforms; the epistemology of practice; and epistemological issues in organization theory.
Summary
Time, temporality, and history are inherently important constructs in process organization studies, yet have struggled to move beyond limited conceptualizations in management theory. This volume draws together emerging strands of interest to adopt a more nuanced approach in understanding the temporal aspects of organizational processes.
