TY - JOUR
T1 - Process studies of change in organization and management : unveiling temporality, activity, and flow
AU - Langley, Ann
AU - Smallman, Clive
AU - Tsoukas, Haridimos
AU - Van De Ven, Andrew H.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Process studies focus attention on how and why things emerge, develop, grow, or terminate over time. We identify various ontological assumptions underlying process research, explore its methods and challenges, and draw out some of its substantive contributions revealed in this Special Research Forum on Process Studies of Change in Organization and Management. Process studies take time seriously, illuminate the role of tensions and contradictions in driving patterns of change, and show how interactions across levels contribute to change. They may also reveal the dynamic activity underlying the maintenance and reproduction of stability.
AB - Process studies focus attention on how and why things emerge, develop, grow, or terminate over time. We identify various ontological assumptions underlying process research, explore its methods and challenges, and draw out some of its substantive contributions revealed in this Special Research Forum on Process Studies of Change in Organization and Management. Process studies take time seriously, illuminate the role of tensions and contradictions in driving patterns of change, and show how interactions across levels contribute to change. They may also reveal the dynamic activity underlying the maintenance and reproduction of stability.
KW - management
KW - organizational change
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/520794
U2 - 10.5465/amj.2013.4001
DO - 10.5465/amj.2013.4001
M3 - Article
SN - 0001-4273
VL - 56
SP - 1
EP - 13
JO - Academy of Management Journal
JF - Academy of Management Journal
IS - 1
ER -