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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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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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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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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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Expanding Performance Feedback Theory to Temporary Organizations

Academy of Management Proceedings, 2017
Temporary organizations–such as projects–are increasingly relevant, yet organization theory on temporary organizations remains incomplete.
Steigenberger, Norbert, Wilhelm, Hendrik, Juntunen, Jouni   +3 more
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Organizing environmental control in temporary local organizations

Business Strategy and the Environment, 1999
This paper discusses how environmental improvement work can be organized differently. The concept of temporary local organization is introduced to exemplify complementary strategies to centrally organized permanent organizations. By thorough empirical descriptions of four local reform projects in Sweden, and by analysing 39 interviews, characteristics ...
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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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Organizing Temporary Agency Workers in Japan

2023
Abstract This chapter examines inclusive responses of Japanese unions to the growth of non-regular workers, especially temporary agency workers. It presents three cases of union organizing of agency workers and examines how unions with inclusive responses try to represent the interests of these workers.
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Ecologies of Temporary Organizations

Project Management Journal
In this thoughtlet I propose to expand current thinking about projects and temporary organizations to consider ecologies of temporary organizations. In this perspective, temporary organizations transcend the boundaries of permanent organizations to form quasi-permanent ecologies.
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Temporary Organization for Crisis Intervention

1993
When disaster strikes a community, confusion often results. Usually, the implementation of contingency plans requires the cooperation of different organizations, groups, and individuals. Frequently, such units are poorly coordinated, at least initially. In addition, there will always be volunteers who want to help.
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