Abstract
How do organizational actors recognize paradoxical tensions in their firms over time? Such dynamic appreciation of paradox recognition is missing from our current empirical investigations. Using a longitudinal qualitative analysis of four case studies of strategic business units (SBUs) in a media firm, we theorize about how tensions get gradually
and dynamically recognized by actors. Our findings extend a dynamic equilibrium model of organizing by showing the role of business unit leaders in orchestrating members’ recognition of tension. In addition, we offer a conceptual framework that outlines a paradoxical approach to leadership based on practices of dynamic interplay between competing
demands rather than intermittent switching.
and dynamically recognized by actors. Our findings extend a dynamic equilibrium model of organizing by showing the role of business unit leaders in orchestrating members’ recognition of tension. In addition, we offer a conceptual framework that outlines a paradoxical approach to leadership based on practices of dynamic interplay between competing
demands rather than intermittent switching.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Strategies that move the world |
| Subtitle of host publication | Conference program of the 36th Annual Conference of the Strategic Management Society |
| Place of Publication | Berlin |
| Pages | 93 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 36th Annual Conference of the Strategic Management Society - Berlin, Germany Duration: 17 Sept 2016 → 20 Sept 2016 |
Conference
| Conference | 36th Annual Conference of the Strategic Management Society |
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| Country/Territory | Germany |
| City | Berlin |
| Period | 17/09/16 → 20/09/16 |