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Studying organizations as temporary

Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2003
Abstract This article reflects upon the methodological pessimism that sometimes plagues students of organizations. In particular pessimism seems to strike us when we try to get to grips with the incessant transformations of organizations—transformations that seem to occur at such great speed. Our immediate reaction to Heraclitus’ statement that: “You
Rolf A. Lundin, Runólfur S. Steinthórsson   +1 more
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Citizenship Behavior and Effectiveness in Temporary Organizations

Academy of Management Proceedings, 2012
Studying temporary organizations from a behavioral perspective, we theorize how Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) may enhance the effectiveness of this type of organization, rendering the t...
Braun, T., Ferreira, A., Sydow, J.
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Temporary Organizing with Nature: Reconfiguring the Organization-Natural Environment Interplay

Academy of Management Proceedings
While previous studies have emphasized the social and institutional embeddedness of temporary organizing, scant attention has been paid to how temporary organizing takes place within the natural environment. This study explores how organizations engage in temporary organizing to reconfigure their relationship with the natural environment.
Feddersen, Jonathan, Xu, Sunny Mosangzi, Hernes, Tor, Schultz, Majken   +3 more
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Groupthink in temporary organizations

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 2010
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of groupthink in temporary organizations. Only anecdotally has the literature touched upon how the temporary organization's structure may foster groupthink. Studies of faulty group processes are imperative since temporary organizations are becoming more common.Design/methodology ...
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Management and Organization of Temporary Agency Work

2014
Over the past two decades the use of flexible employment relations has increased in most developed countries. The growth of temporary agency work constitutes a significant component of this development. Organizations are now facing the challenges of managing a ‘blended workforce’, i.e. a workforce consisting of both direct hires and contractors.
Koene, Bas, Garsten, Christina, Galais, Nathalie   +2 more
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Knowledge Creation in Temporary Organizations

2016
This chapter studies knowledge creation in temporary organizations (TOs) to address the relationship between TOs and their permanent environment. Knowledge creation is a process of interaction in an organizational context that must combine hierarchy/control and flexibility/autonomy elements.
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Leadership in the Context of Temporary Organizations

Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 2013
This article follows the call for more empirical research on leadership in different organizational contexts. Organizations react to environmental dynamism and uncertainty by using temporary forms or organizing such as projects. This organizational context factor raises questions about the nature of effective leadership in temporary settings ...
Ana K. Tyssen, Andreas Wald, Sven Heidenreich   +2 more
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Temporary Organizing and Institutional Change

Organization Studies, 2016
The relationship between the temporary and the permanent is a central issue in studies of temporary organizing. Recent research highlights that projects, as key forms of temporary organizations, both constitute and are constituted by their wider institutional contexts.
Granqvist, Nina, Tukiainen, Sampo
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A Marketing Perspective on Temporary Organizations

Project Management Journal
The authors review recent conceptual and empirical research on temporary organizations in marketing. In particular, they review a series of articles that have examined temporary organizations using the theoretical lens of transaction cost economics and interfirm governance.
Jan B. Heide, Simon J. Bell, Elham Ghazimatin, Erik A. Mooi   +3 more
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Temporary organizations and end states

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 2013
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to respond to the research note on the article “A theory on temporary organizations” by reminding readers about the lack of timelessness in the social sciences and alluding to some alternative theory formulations.Design/methodology/approachBy describing/analyzing the context within which “A theory” was developed, the
Rolf A. Lundin, Anders Söderholm
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