Constructing Identity in and around Organizations

350 Pages·2012·1.7 MB·English

by  Majken Schultz

Constructing Identity in and around Organizations
PerspectivesonProcessOrganizationStudies
SeriesEditors:AnnLangleyandHaridimosTsoukas
PerspectivesonProcessOrganizationStudiesisanannualseries,linkedtothe
International Symposium on Process Organization Studies, and is dedi-
cated tothedevelopmentofanunderstanding oforganizationsandorga-
nizing at large as processes in the making (see http://www.process-
symposium.com/). This series brings together contributions from leading
scholars, which focus on seeing dynamically evolving activities, interac-
tions, and events as important aspects of organized action, rather than
staticstructuresandfixedtemplates.
Volume1:Process,Sensemaking,andOrganizing
Editors:TorHernesandSallyMaitlis
Volume2:ConstructingIdentityinandaroundOrganizations
Editors: Majken Schultz, Steve Maguire, Ann Langley, and Haridimos
Tsoukas
Constructing Identity in
and around Organizations
Editedby
Majken Schultz, Steve Maguire, Ann Langley,
Haridimos Tsoukas
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Contents
Acknowledgments vii
ListofFigures ix
ListofTables x
ListofContributors xi
SeriesEditorialStructure xvii
Endorsements xviii
1. ConstructingIdentityinandaroundOrganizations:
IntroducingtheSecondVolumeof“Perspectiveson
ProcessOrganizationStudies” 1
MajkenSchultz,SteveMaguire,AnnLangley,andHaridimosTsoukas
PartI: IdentityandOrganizations
2. RethinkingIdentityConstructionProcessesin
Organizations:ThreeQuestionstoConsider 21
MichaelG.Pratt
3. IdentityasProcessandFlow 50
DennisA.GioiaandShubhaPatvardhan
4. ExploringCulturalMechanismsofOrganizational
IdentityConstruction 63
MaryAnnGlynnandLeeWatkiss
5. OrganizationalIdentityFormation:ProcessesofIdentity
ImprintingandEnactmentintheDutchMicrobrewing
Landscape 89
JochemJ.KroezenandPurseyP.M.A.R.Heugens
6. NarrativeToolsandtheConstructionofIdentity 128
JamesV.Wertsch
Contents
7. Villains,Victims,andtheFinancialCrisis:Positioning
IdentitiesthroughDescriptions 147
FrankMuellerandAndreaWhittle
8. IdentityandTimeinGillesDeleuze’sProcessPhilosophy 180
JamesWilliams
PartII: GeneralProcessPerspectives
9. TheBakhtinianTheoryofChronotope(Time–SpaceFrame)
AppliedtotheOrganizingProcess 201
PhilippeLorinoandBeno^ıtTricard
10. TheMomentumofOrganizationalChange 235
EldenWiebe,RoySuddabyandWilliamM.Foster
11. ManagementKnowledge:AProcessView 261
SimonGrandandAdrianAckeret
12. AligningProcessQuestions,Perspectives,andExplanations 306
AndrewH.VandeVenandHarrySminia
Index 321
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Acknowledgments
Wewouldliketoexpressourgreatappreciationtothefollowingcolleagues
whohavegenerouslyofferedtheirtimetoactasreviewersforthechapters
publishedinthisandthepreviousvolume:
MajkenSchultz,SteveMaguire,AnnLangley,andHaridimosTsoukas.
Reviewers Listed Alphabetically:
Francesca Alby, Sapienza University of Rome; Tore Bakken, Norwegian
School of Management; Jean Bartunek, Boston College; Olga Belova,
Essex Business School; Laure Cabantous, Nottingham University Business
School; Andrea Casey, The George Washington University; Robert Chia,
Strathclyde Business School; Todd Chiles, Trulaske College of Business,
University of Missouri; Marlys Christianson, University of Michigan;
Roger Dunbar, Stern School of Business; Martha Feldman, University of
California,Irvine;RaghuGarud,SmealCollegeofBusiness;RobertGephart,
UinversityofAlberta;He´le`neGiroux,HECMontre´al;DanielGruber,Medill
atNorthwestern University;Cynthia Hardy,Universityof Melbourne;Tor
Hernes, Copenhagen Business School;Petter Holm, University of Troms(cid:2);
RobinHolt,UniversityofLiverpoolManagementSchoolLiverpool;Chris-
tina Hoon, Leibniz Universita¨t Hannover; Michael Humphreys, Notting-
ham University Business School; Muayyad Jabri, University of New
England;ClausJacobs,UniversityofSt.Gallen;EsbenKarmark,Copenha-
genBusinessSchool;DanKa¨rreman,CopenhagenBusinessSchool;Alfred
Kieser, Mannheim University; Ioanna Kinti, University of Oxford; Farah
Kodeih, ESSEC Business School; Christophe Lejeune, EM-Strasbourg Busi-
nessSchool;PhilippeLorino,ESSECBusinessSchool;SteveMaguire,McGill
SchoolofEnvironment;AjitNayak,UniversityofBath,SchoolofManage-
ment; Anne Nicotera, George MasonUniversity; David Oliver, HEC Mon-
tre´al; Brian Petland, Michigan State University; Nelson Phillips, Imperial
College London; Marshall Scott Poole, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign; Davide Ravasi, Universita` Bocconi; Robyn Remke, Copenha-
genBusinessSchool;ClausRerup,RichardIveySchoolofBusiness;Daniel
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Acknowledgments
Robichaud,UniversityofMontre´al;LindaRouleau,HECMontre´al;Jorgen
Sandberg, University of Queensland; Georg Schreyo¨gg, Freie Universita¨t
Berlin;MajkenSchultz,CopenhagenBusinessSchool;DavidSeidl,Univer-
sity of Zurich; John Shotter, University of New Hampshire; John Sillince,
Strathclyde Business School; Riitta Smeds, Aalto University School of Sci-
enceandTechnology;ScottSonenshein,JesseH.JonesGraduateSchoolof
Business; Chris Steyaert, University of St. Gallen; Robyn Thomas, Cardiff
BusinessSchool;DennisTourish,AberdeenBusinessSchool;MaryTripsas,
HarvardBusinessSchool;HaridimosTsoukas,UniversityofCyprus&Uni-
versityofWarwick;HaraldTuckermann,UniversityofSt.Gallen;Timothy
Vogus, Owen Graduate School of Management; Sierk Ybema, VU Univer-
sity, Amsterdam; and Cristina Zucchermaglio, Sapienza University of
Rome.
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List of Figures
2.1 Organizationalselfandidentityprocesses 33
2.2 Hypotheticalselfandidentityprocesses 39
4.1 Mappingculturalmechanismsontoorganizationalidentities 79
5.1 Theoreticalmodeloforganizationalidentityformation 99
5.2 Empiricalmodeloforganizationalidentityformation:
imprintingandenactmentprocesses 106
6.1 TheBronzeSoldierintheTallinnMilitaryCemetery 134
8.1 Manifoldofthesynthesesoftime 185
8.2 Deleuze’smanifoldoftimedimensions 188
9.1 Thechronotopesofmanufacturing 221
9.2 Thenewchronotopes 222
9.3 Thetimescheduleoftheresearchproject 225
9.4 Thetraditionalchronotopeofthebuildingindustry 225
10.1 Momentumintheflowoftime 248
11.1 Managementknowledge:aprocessview 275
11.2 Managerialengagementsovertimeandrelevantdimensions
ofengagementregimes 277
11.3 Enactmentofengagementregimesovertime 294
11.4 Flowofmanagerialactivities,engagementregimes,emerging
controversialissues,andshiftingconceptsofmanagement 297
12.1 Illustrationofeventsobservedovertime 307
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