2011
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2011.59330958
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Toward a Theory of Paradox: A Dynamic Equilibrium Model of Organizing.

Abstract: As organizational environments become more global, dynamic, and competitive, contradictory demands intensify. To understand and explain such tensions, academics and practitioners are increasingly adopting a paradox lens. We review the paradox literature, categorizing types and highlighting fundamental debates. We then present a dynamic equilibrium model of organizing, which depicts how cyclical responses to paradoxical tensions enable sustainability-peak performance in the present that enables success in the f… Show more

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“…As regards future applications of the framework, recent research has highlighted the potential value of the EW framework for advancing central questions in organizational and management theory related to categorization processes (Durand & Khaire, 2016;Durand & Paolella, 2013;Glynn & Navis, 2013), organizational paradoxes (Fairhurst et al, 2016;Smith & Lewis, 2011), materiality in organizations (Hussenot & Missonier, 2010;Leonardi & Barley, 2008;Nicolini, Mengis, & Swan, 2012), strategy practice (Jarzabkowski & Spee, 2009;Vaara & Whittington, 2012), social movement theory (Benford & Snow, 2000;Tilly, 2004) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) related issues more generally, including critical CSR (Fleming & Jones, 2013).…”
Section: Concluding Thoughts: Where To From Here?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As regards future applications of the framework, recent research has highlighted the potential value of the EW framework for advancing central questions in organizational and management theory related to categorization processes (Durand & Khaire, 2016;Durand & Paolella, 2013;Glynn & Navis, 2013), organizational paradoxes (Fairhurst et al, 2016;Smith & Lewis, 2011), materiality in organizations (Hussenot & Missonier, 2010;Leonardi & Barley, 2008;Nicolini, Mengis, & Swan, 2012), strategy practice (Jarzabkowski & Spee, 2009;Vaara & Whittington, 2012), social movement theory (Benford & Snow, 2000;Tilly, 2004) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) related issues more generally, including critical CSR (Fleming & Jones, 2013).…”
Section: Concluding Thoughts: Where To From Here?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…When addressing Compliance, they focus on independence from the Front Office, guaranteed by control procedures and the professionalism and experience of the team, since several had formally worked for the regulator. However, this is not an ambivalent discourse, but a discourse that faces two logics, that adapts to each perspective developing what scholars have called ''ambidexterity'' (Gibson and Birkinshaw 2004;Smith and Lewis 2011) as a way to mediate through paradoxes. This is not infallible, but enables action and progressive integration of conflicting alternatives from within.…”
Section: Practice Dimension: the Art Of Mediation Through Team Collabmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…We consider here that, far from being an exception, contradiction can be a lasting ''way of being organized.'' Complexity is considered at the root of internal paradoxes (Lewis 2000;Perret and Josserand 2003;Luscher andLewis 2008, Smith andLewis 2011) that managers must cope with and try to ''muddle [their way] through'' (Lindblom 1959;Willmott 1997).…”
Section: Contradiction As a New Framework For Managerial Ethicsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…ezt nem nehéz belátni, mert azonos vagy egymáshoz közeli földrajzi egységen rivális cégek egyszerre kooperálnak és versenyeznek egymással, hogy felhalmozott vállalatközi kapcsolati tőkéjüket gazdasági tőkévé konvertálhassák (Gnyawali és szerzőtársai [2016]). ez a paradoxon feszültséget implikál a koopetícióban részt vevők közötti kapcsolatban, a szakirodalom ezt koopetíciós feszültségnek nevezi (Lado és szerzőtársai [1997], Gnyawali-Madhavan [2001], Chen [2008], Smith-Lewis [2011]). Koopetíciós feszültség leggyakrabban akkor tör felszínre, amikor a cégek hálózati pozíciója megváltozik, és az átalakulással járó konfliktusok eszkalálódnak a hálózatban (Johansson [2012]).…”
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