Tensions and paradoxes in temporary organizing

This volume of Research in the Sociology of Organizations explores how temporary organizations navigate the tensions and paradoxes of temporal limitation, such as the pace and rhythm of organizing, tactics and practices, and resource reliance.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 17 September 2020
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited

Breaking new ground in research on temporary organizations, this volume of Research in the Sociology of Organizations brings together papers that examine how temporary organizations navigate the tensions and deal with the paradoxes that are the consequences of temporal limitation. This volume explores diverse forms of temporary organizations, including animation festivals, cultural celebrations, unconferences, start-up accelerators, humanitarian emergency response, strategic initiatives, projects, and megaprojects, project portfolios, and networks of projects. This volume uses three key questions to unify this empirical diversity: 1. The pace and rhythm of temporary organizing: how do conflicting temporal norms shape work and life in temporary organizations? 2. What are the tactics and practices that temporary organizations develop when dealing with the tensions and paradoxes they confront? 3. When relying for resources and working on behalf of permanent organizations, how do contemporary organizations deal with the tensions between attachment to, and detachment from, permanent organizations?

This volume offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of the dynamics and complexities of temporary organizations, shedding light on their unique contributions to the fields of management, organization theory, and social research. It will be of interest to scholars, researchers, and practitioners working in a wide range of disciplines, including management, organization studies, sociology, anthropology, and political science.

Weight: 498g
Dimension: 159 x 238 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781839093494