Observed through a temporal lens, organizational life fluctuates among
moments of instantaneity, enduring continuity, and imagination of
distant times. This movement stems from the fact that actors are
continually faced with multiple intersecting temporalities, obliging
them to make choices about what to do in the present, how to
understand the past they emerge from, and how to stake out a possible
future. Although scholars have widely recognized actors' multitemporal
reality, it remains to be more fully theorized into an integrative
framework. In this book, Tor Hernes takes up this challenge by
combining foundational ideas from philosophy, sociology, and
organization theory into an integrative theoretical framework of
organizational time. Based on a review of the literature, his
definition of time includes four dimensions: experience, events,
resource, and practice. He provides examples of how these four
dimensions evolve through mutual interplay and how they are
underpinned by what he calls narrative trajectory. He then discusses
implications for key topics in organizational research, including
materiality, leadership and continuity and change. Organization and
Time is for scholars and advanced students of organization studies,
management studies, technology studies, and sociology.
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ISBN
9780192647115
Publisert
2022
Utgiver
Vendor
OUP Oxford
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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