Navigating Temporary Organizations: A Narrative Perspective

IF 4.1 4区 管理学 Q2 MANAGEMENT
Jothsna Rajan, Srivardhini K Jha, Gopal Naik
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Temporary organizations (TOs) can be viewed as a collection of narratives about the past and the future that can potentially shape organizational outcomes. An in-depth, longitudinal study of a time-bound inter-organizational project that served rural India's educational needs shows how multi-authored narratives and practices in temporary organizations influence each other. When the narratives are coherent with respect to the past and the future, the actors engage in mitigative practices, and the project develops. If the narratives diverge, the actors engage in self-serving practices hindering the project. The narrative view affords us a novel lens to understand the dynamics that shape practices and outcomes within temporary organizations. Our findings also have practical implications for TO management—understanding the plurality of narratives and emphasizing the importance of aligning them.
导航临时组织:叙述视角
临时组织(TOs)可以被看作是关于过去和未来的叙述的集合,这些叙述可能会影响组织的结果。对满足印度农村教育需求的有时限的组织间项目进行的深入纵向研究表明,临时组织中的多作者叙述和实践是如何相互影响的。当叙述与过去和未来相一致时,参与者就会采取缓和措施,项目就会发展。如果叙述出现分歧,演员就会从事妨碍项目的自私自利的做法。叙事性观点为我们提供了一个新的视角来理解临时组织中形成实践和结果的动态。我们的研究结果对组织管理也有实际意义——理解叙述的多样性并强调使它们一致的重要性。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Management Inquiry, sponsored by the Western Academy of Management, is a refereed journal for scholars and professionals in management, organizational behavior, strategy, and human resources. Its intent is to explore ideas and build knowledge in management theory and practice, with a focus on creative, nontraditional research as well as key controversies in the field. The journal seeks to maintain a constructive balance between innovation and quality, and at the same time widely define the forms that relevant contributions to the field can take. JMI features six sections: Meet the Person, Provocations, Reflections on Experience, Nontraditional Research, Essays, and Dialog.
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