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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.
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The role of transition in temporary organizations: linking the temporary to the permanent
International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 2013PurposeThis research note puts the role of transition back in the center of the temporary organization and lends to understanding the temporary organization as a transitory unit within the permanent organization. The purpose is to reactivate theory development within this field of research and promote a dialog that will point to a possible way forward ...
Mattias Jacobsson +2 more
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Studying organizations as temporary
Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2003Abstract 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
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Citizenship Behavior and Effectiveness in Temporary Organizations
Academy of Management Proceedings, 2012Studying 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 ProceedingsWhile 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.
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Groupthink in temporary organizations
International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 2010PurposeThe 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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Knowledge Creation in Temporary Organizations
2016This 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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Temporary Organizing and Institutional Change
Organization Studies, 2016The 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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Leadership in the Context of Temporary Organizations
Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 2013This 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 +2 more
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