Management, Organizations, and Paradoxes - Insights From the Central and Eastern European Region

To help managers navigate dualities and contradictions in their organizations, Management, Organizations, and Paradoxes presents a comprehensive overview of implementing the paradox theory from a distinct organizational standpoint in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) context.

List of contents

Editors' Introduction PART I. INTRODUCTION TO PARADOX THEORY AND PRACTICE Chapter 1. Exploring the Complex Area of Organizational Paradoxes: Overcoming Methodological Obstacles Chapter 2. Organizational Paradox Theory: Managing Competing Demand Then and Now Chapter 3. Ambidexterity: A Strategic Approach to Overcoming Exploration and Exploitation Paradox PART II. PARADOXES IN MANAGING PEOPLE Chapter 4. Human Resource Paradoxes in a Belgian Subsidiary of a Multinational Enterprise. An Ethnographic Case Study Chapter 5. Homo Managerius: The Paradox of Leadership Chapter 6. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policy Paradoxes. Insights from the Central and Eastern European Hospitality Sector PART III. MANAGING LEARNING PARADOXES Chapter 7. Paradoxes in Innovation: Navigating the Duality of Closed versus Open Innovation and Business versus Non-Profit Innovations Chapter 8. Workplace Learning Through Organizational and Leadership Paradoxes: Insights from Multinational Enterprises in Central and Eastern Europe PART IV. SUSTAINABILITY PARADOXES Chapter 9. Conflicting Demands of Sustainable Digital Transformation Chapter 10. Energy Clusters in Reconciling Paradoxes in Corporate Sustainability Chapter 11. Energy Transition Through the Energy-based Industrial Clusters: Paradoxes and Their Solutions

About the author

Malgorzata Rozkwitalska-Welenc is a Professor of Economics specializing in Organizational Science and Organizational Behavior, she works at WSB Merito University in Gdansk, Poland.
Agnieszka Zakrzewska-Bielawska is a Professor of Strategic Management and the Head of Management and Quality Studies at Lodz University of Technology, Poland.
Anna Maria Lis is a Professor of Innovation Management, Inter-Organizational Cooperation, and Sustainable Development at Gdäsk University of Technology, Poland.

Product details

• Authors: Malgorzata Zakrzewska-Bielaws Rozkwitalska-Welenc
• Assisted by: Anna Maria Lis (Editor), Malgorzata Rozkwitalska-Welenc (Editor), Agnieszka Zakrzewska-Bielawska (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 27.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032883496
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3288349-6
• No. of pages: 326
• Series: Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Strategic Planning, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Development, Politics & government, Organizational theory & behaviour, business strategy, Research & development management, Politics and government, Personnel & human resources management, Personnel and human resources management, Organizational theory and behaviour, Research and development management