Journal of Organizational Change Management: Volume 16 Issue 2

Organization change and the complexity of succession: A longitudinal case study from France

Slimane Haddadj

The organizational change that is happening when firms are undergaing a CEO succession is difficult to apprehend and analyze. Further it is not related to any kind of linear…

Ideology and the symbolic construction of fairness in organizational change

George W. Watson

The theory of an interest‐driven ideology is applied with the intention of revealing ways that ideological discourse constructs perceptions of fairness, legitimacy and…

Organizational improvisation and change: two syntheses and a filled gap

Miguel Pina E. Cunha, João Vieira Da Cunha

Change has become one of the most studied topics in management research. Although literally hundreds of research initiatives on this theme are carried out annually, there are…

The branding of management knowledge: rethinking management “fads”

David Collins

This paper offers a critical analysis of recent developments in management knowledge. Observing that detractors have sought to “brand” developments in management knowledge as…

Resistance to restructuring in Sino‐foreign joint ventures: toward a preliminary model

Eric W.K. Tsang

Many Sino‐foreign joint ventures are set up by acquiring existing state enterprises. Under this arrangement, the foreign partner normally has to restructure the original state…

Merger and acquisition announcements as corporate wedding narratives

Christiane Demers, Nicole Giroux, Samia Chreim

This study uses a discursive perspective to analyze the way in which top managers legitimize change in official announcements. It focuses on the foundations of legitimacy invoked…