Elgar introduction to organizational paradox theory / Marco Berti (Senior Lecturer in Management, UTS Business, University of Technology Sydney, Australia), Ace Simpson (Reader in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour, Brunel Business School, Brunel University London, UK), Miguel Pina e Cunha (Fundação Amélia de Mello Professor, Nova School of Business and Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal) and Stewart R. Clegg (Professor, University of Stavanger Business School, Norway and Nova School of Business and Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berti, Marco, author.

Simpson, Ace, author.

Cunha, Miguel Pina e, author.

Clegg, Stewart R., 1947- author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

Elgar introductions to management and organization theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organization.

Management.

Organizational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 168 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction

1. What is paradox? Tensions, contradictions and oppositions in organization studies

2. How to deal with paradoxes : The role of responses in the construction of paradoxical tension

3. The bright side : Paradoxes and positive organizational scholarship

4. The dark side : Absurdity and pragmatic paradoxes

5. Nested, multiple and multidimensional paradoxes

6. Paradoxes of power, control and empowerment

7. The sociological futures of paradox : Incorporating grand challenges

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 04, 2021).

ISBN:

9781839101144

1839101148

Publisher Number:

40030682352

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.