Although the value of positivity has been assumed over the years, only recently has it
become a major focus area for theory building, research, and application in psychology and …

Theory and research concerning organizational identity (“who we are as an organization”) is
a burgeoning domain within organization study. A great deal of conceptual and empirical …

In this paper we propose the notion of temporal structuring as a way of understanding and
studying time as an enacted phenomenon within organizations. We suggest that through …

The article discusses the issue of time as it pertains to organizational research. The author
believes that looking at research in terms of time is a powerful tool in assessing …

Research on time in organizations spans disciplines and introduces a wide range of
concepts. Here we set out to find an underlying structure to clarify the current state of …

In ever-changing environments, strategic change manifests as a crucial concern for firms
and is thus central to the fields of management and strategy. Common and foundational to …

I propose four ideal types of planned change processes, each with distinct temporal and
nontemporal assumptions, and each associated with altering a distinct organizational …

We study the influence of a pervasive Western organizational mentality—clock-time
orientation—in market-based models for human development. While a linear, clock-time …

A critical specification lacking from much theory and research on organizations is that of time
scale. Specification of the relevant time scale is as critical as the specification of the …

Abstract Inter-organizational projects (IOPs), in which multiple organizations work jointly on
a shared activity for a limited period of time, are increasingly used to coordinate complex …