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), 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, 1965- author.

Simpson, Ace, author.

Cunha, Miguel Pina e, author.

Clegg, Stewart R., 1947- author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar introductions to management and organization theory.

Elgar introductions to management and organization theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational change.

Management.

Organizational sociology.

Paradoxes.

Physical Description:

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

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

"This insightful 'Elgar introduction' comprises the first effort to provide a succinct overview of the field of organizational paradox theory, exploring contradictions and tensions in organizational settings. By conceptually mapping the field, it offers guidance through the literature on paradox, making space for new interpretations and applications of the concept. Opening with a critical analysis of research to date, the authors explore ideas related to dialectics and ambidexterity in organizations, as well as pragmatic approaches to organizational paradox. Chapters propose new ways to analyse responses to paradox, bringing together influential contributions that consider the nestedness of paradox, the relation between power and paradox, and paradoxes of positive organizational scholarships."-- Provided by publisher.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-161) and index.

"Glossary": pages xii-xiii.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Berti, Marco. Elgar introduction to organizational paradox theory.

ISBN:

1-83910-114-8