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Change as shifting identities: a dialogic perspective
Muayyad JabriNarrative and dialogic modes of theorizing identity are both premised on textuality. However, theories of narrative identity tend towards unity and coherence (in accordance with…
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Conversion stories as shifting narratives of organizational change
Melanie Bryant, Julie Wolfram CoxThis paper is concerned with how employees talk about their experiences of organizational change and focuses specifically on the construction of conversion stories. These are…
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Listening to Jack: GE's change conversations with shareholders
Ian Palmer, Adelaide Wilcox King, Dianne KelleherHow organizations communicate with shareholders during times of great uncertainty, such as during transformational change, is a relatively neglected area within the change…
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Technological determinism and discursive closure in organizational mergers
Paul M. Leonardi, Michele H. JacksonIn times of organizational change leaders often tell stories that justify publicly the directions in which organizations move. Such stories are always political in nature and…
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- Prof Slawomir Magala