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Visibility tensions in temporal work 时间工作中的可视性紧张

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Scandinavian Journal of Management Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2025.101426

Ninna Meier , Kasper Trolle Elmholdt , Janne Seemann

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Scandinavian Journal of Management Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2025.101432

Arpita Pal

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How central banks cope with price instabilities: Ambiguous inflation targets as organizational compromise 央行如何应对价格不稳定：模糊的通胀目标是组织妥协

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Scandinavian Journal of Management Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2025.101406

Tom Duterme

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Making sense of uncertainty – Interrogating conceptions of the New Normal 理解不确定性——质疑新常态的概念

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Scandinavian Journal of Management Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2025.101407

Jarle Bastesen , Birthe Kåfjord Lange , Bent Sofus Tranøy

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The theory of temporary organization three decades later: Re-visiting the 4 T framework, focusing tensions, adding project plasticity 三十年后的临时组织理论：重新访问4 T框架，聚焦张力，增加项目可塑性

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Scandinavian Journal of Management Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2025.101405

Jörg Sydow , Rolf Lundin , Eskil Ekstedt , Timo Braun

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Making sense of an impending failure: How grief becomes actionable hope in environmental campaigning 理解即将到来的失败：悲伤如何在环保运动中变成可行的希望

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Scandinavian Journal of Management Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2025.101420

Liisa Välikangas , Sini Harkki , Marijane Luistro Jonsson

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Thirty years of temporary organizations research: A field reconnecting with its soul 三十年的临时组织研究：一个与灵魂重新连接的领域

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Scandinavian Journal of Management Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2025.101425

Joana Geraldi, Mattias Jacobsson, Sofia Pemsel

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Sociological analyses of economic organizations, uncertainty, and risk in times of crises: An introduction to the special issue 危机时期经济组织、不确定性和风险的社会学分析：特刊导论

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Scandinavian Journal of Management Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2025.101421

Konstanze Senge, Alberto Cevolini, Bernadette Hof, Markus Lange

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What is the “project”? A typology of approaches to the core concept in project studies 什么是“项目”？项目研究中核心概念方法的类型学

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Scandinavian Journal of Management Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2025.101422

Mats Engwall, Maxim Miterev

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Temporary organizing with nature: How companies frame ‘nature’ through pilot projects 临时组织与自然：公司如何通过试点项目构建“自然”

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Scandinavian Journal of Management Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2025.101423

Jonathan Feddersen , Miriam Feuls , Sunny Mosangzi Xu , Tor Hernes , Majken Schultz

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