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Elephant on a treadmill: An evaluation of thematic narrowness in organizational change research

Research in Organizational Change and Development

ISBN: 978-1-84855-546-4, eISBN: 978-1-84855-547-1

Publication date: 23 September 2009

Abstract

This chapter assesses the accuracy of the assumption that organizational change research is too thematically narrow. The proposition is explored by assessing the nature of articles on change, published since 1947, in eight representative management and organization journals (n=454). Results indicate that more research on change is being published but has not lead to significantly more developed knowledge, as it increasingly relies on refinement rather than idea overthrow, and is largely made up of themes that received most of their critical attention up to a decade ago. The critique concludes by highlighting further development and career challenges for change researchers.

Citation

Schwarz, G.M. (2009), "Elephant on a treadmill: An evaluation of thematic narrowness in organizational change research", Woodman, R.W., Pasmore, W.A. and (Rami) Shani, A.B. (Ed.) Research in Organizational Change and Development (Research in Organizational Change and Development, Vol. 17), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 301-348. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0897-3016(2009)0000017010

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