Journal of Organizational Change Management: Volume 20 Issue 1

Developmental magic? Two takes on a dialogue conference

This paper draws on the metaphor of “magic” to explore the role of dialogue conferences and subsequent activities as a tool for organizational development and change. The metaphor…

Of mergers and cultures: “What happened to shared values and joint assumptions?”

This paper signals departure from a theoretical perspective on organizational culture in mergers and acquisitions based on a binary opposition between coherence and pluralism. The…

Exploring the sources of privatization‐induced performance changes

The purpose of this paper is to study the variance of post‐privatization performance outcomes by three institutional arrangements taken place in the process of ownership transfer…

The quest for quality: translation of a mythical idea

The purpose of this paper is to present the model of the translation of particularly important ideas for the organization and its context, called mythical ideas.

The dynamics of narrative and antenarrative and their relation to story

The nature of narrative is important, and with the development of awareness of knowledge processes, it becoming more important. In particular its notions can be enhanced by…

Why rules rather than discretion: When the leadership intends to transform a desired policy into reality

The purpose of the paper is to explore why rules might be better than managerial discretion when the leadership intends to transform a desired policy into reality.

Be(com)ing normal – not excellent: Service management, the gap‐model and disciplinary power

Marketing “from the intra‐organizational perspective” has been comparatively untouched by the critical turn in organization studies. The objective of the present paper is to…

The managerialistic ideology of organisational change management

The purpose of this paper is to shed some light on the reasons and circumstances why strategic change initiatives based on new public management and managerialism go wrong. In…

Bringing back the subject: contracting and the discipline of the market : Gurus, Hired Guns and Warm Bodies: Itinerant Experts in a Knowledge Economy

The Three Faces of Leadership: Manager, Artist, Priest

Emerald at 40

The 2nd Annual Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards 2006

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