TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to expand the theory on multistory cultural change by showing how a dominant narrative on construction safety dynamically interrelates and is contested on multiple intertextual levels in an organizational field of organizations contributing to the recovery of houses in an earthquake region.Design/methodology/approach An ethnoventionist research approach was adopted in which interpretation of data to find narratives and designing interventions went hand-in-hand.Findings We found four distinctive composite narratives besides the dominant narrative to which five actors refer in their accounts, thereby contributing to three types of story patterns. These narratives disclose the taken-for-granted ideas and beliefs that characterize the challenge of changing organizational culture. One intervention, which intended multiple stories to touch the surface, was highlighted as a multistory intervention.Research limitations/implications Further research could extend the knowledge on other change interventions that contribute to multistory cultural change processes.Originality/value Adopting an ethnoventionist approach to provide deep insights on an unfolding cultural change process for both scholars and practitioners.
VL  - 33
IS  - 2
SN  - 0953-4814
DO  - 10.1108/JOCM-04-2019-0099
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-04-2019-0099
AU  - van Ooijen Martijn
AU  - Nistelrooij Antonie van
AU  - Veenswijk Marcel
PY  - 2020
Y1  - 2020/01/01
TI  - Contesting the dominant narrative: expanding the multistory cultural change approach
T2  - Journal of Organizational Change Management
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 217
EP  - 228
Y2  - 2024/05/09
ER  -