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The sense of it all: Framing and narratives in sensegiving about a strategic change [PDF]
Long Range Planning, 2019 Managers leading strategic change processes have to be skilled language users in order to convince others of the necessity of change and to shape the interpretations of their followers in a preferred direction. This paper asks how and why managers employ certain forms of language in their sensegiving during strategic change, and when these managers are
Piekkari, Rebecca +3 more
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Promoting a Coherent Organizational Identity: Identity Work in a Temporary Organization
SAGE OpenThreats to organizational identity are particularly salient in temporary organizations because of the tenuous nature of its identity, however, little is known about how organizational identity is created and maintained in such organizations.
Juan Liang
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Shaping expectations, losing flexibility: A study of CEO promises as strategic communication tools
Strategic Management Journal, Volume 47, Issue 7, Page 1980-2061, July 2026.Abstract Research Summary CEO promises are powerful but understudied communication tools. We develop a dual‐mechanism framework theorizing that while CEO promises elevate stakeholder expectations, they simultaneously constrain strategic flexibility. We argue that CEO promise‐making is shaped by two competing pressures: making more promises when the ...
Majid Majzoubi +2 more
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From Particle to Purpose: A Systems‐Theoretical Model of Unity and Coherent Adaptation
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Volume 43, Issue 4, Page 1794-1807, July/August 2026.ABSTRACT This paper develops a conceptual integration that bridges classical systems theories with insights from the Islamic intellectual tradition, focusing on the notion of zerre (particle) as articulated by Said Nursî. We reinterpret zerre as a systems‐theoretical agent that exhibits lawful responsiveness without autonomy, offering a new lens on how
Erhan Atay
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Business and Society Review, Volume 131, Issue 2, Summer 2026.ABSTRACT In times of multiple environmental and social crises, corporate communication and engagement practices related to sustainability, summarized here under the umbrella concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR), are becoming increasingly important.
Silke Niehoff
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Jurnal Ranah KomunikasiThis study aims to explore how relationship quotes on TikTok function as a sense-giving medium in shaping users’ emotional meaning-making. In the digital era, social media has become a dynamic space where individuals express, reframe, and validate their ...
Januar Aditya Putra, Veranus Sidharta
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Between Consistency and Adaptation: How Middle Managers Shape Compensation System Implementation
Human Resource Management, Volume 65, Issue 3, Page 705-729, May/June 2026.ABSTRACT The success of a human resource management (HRM) system or subsystem, such as a compensation system, hinges on its implementation—yet the microfoundations of this process remain underexplored. To address this gap, we conducted two studies. Study 1 surveyed middle managers and employees in six organizations to examine their attributions of ...
Aino Tenhiälä +3 more
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Administrative SciencesOrganizations increasingly deploy artificial intelligence (AI) in human resource (HR) decision processes to improve efficiency and strategic execution, yet ethical failures persist when principles remain decoupled from everyday workflow enactment.
Rob E. Carpenter +3 more
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Frontiers in Earth ScienceGlobally, natural heritage is increasingly threatened by human activity. Despite the recent development of the geodiversity and geoheritage concepts and the success of associated programs such as UNESCO Global Geoparks, natural heritage is still widely ...
Marie-Noëlle Guilbaud +9 more
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Известия Южного федерального университета: Филологические наукиWe consider the category of “paschality”, introduced into Russian literature studies by Ivan Esaulov, in Anton Chekhov’s tale “In the Ravine”. In Russia, Easter is celebrated more solemnly than Christmas. According to I.
Stephan Lipke
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