Journal of Organizational Change Management: Volume 20 Issue 4

Freedom and autonomy in the university enterprise

Todd Bridgman

This paper seeks to explore notions of enterprise as an instance of organizational change within university business schools, using a theoretical approach drawn from the discourse…

Managers as lazy, stupid careerists?: Contestation and stereotypes among software engineers

Dariusz Jemielniak

The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a qualitative study of software engineers' perception of dress code, career, organizations, and of managers.

Knowledge workers in the in‐between: network identities

Tara Fenwick

This paper seeks to examine the identities and subjectivities of independent knowledge workers who contract their services to organizations. Two questions are addressed: who are…

Borders of “the boundaryless career”

Julie Sommerlund, Sami Boutaiba

The paper aims to examine the notion of the boundaryless career, arguing that the notion is problematic, and that simultaneous co‐existence of different types of careers makes…

Knowledge management in a New Zealand tree farming company: Ambiguity and resistance to the “technology solution”

Alan Lowe, Andrea McIntosh

Managers at the company attempt to implement a knowledge management information system in an attempt to avoid loss of expertise while improving control and efficiency. The paper…

Responding to crisis through strategic knowledge management

Duncan Shaw, Matthew Hall, John S. Edwards, Brad Baker

Many managers would like to take a strategic approach to preparing the organisation to avoid impending crisis but instead find themselves fire‐fighting to mitigate its impact…

Contested practice: multiple inclusion in double‐knit organizations

Irma Bogenrieder, Peter van Baalen

Most people participate in various groups and communities simultaneously. Many authors have pointed to the importance of multi‐membership for knowledge sharing across communities…

Stumbling on Happiness

Anne Marie Albertazzi

Change and continuity in writing about change and continuity

Pauline Gleadle, Nelarine Cornelius, Eric Pezet, Graeme Salaman

Special issue on Work and play