Journal of Organizational Change Management: Volume 33 Issue 1

The effect of managing different types of work on open innovation: A micro-organizational perspective

Marta Peris-Ortiz, Carlos Rueda-Armengot, Sofia Estelles-Miguel

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the different types of work and to examine how they are related with open innovation, either by carrying out relationships with companies…

Human resource management in merger and acquisition planning

José-Luis Rodríguez-Sánchez, Eva-María Mora-Valentín, Marta Ortiz-de-Urbina-Criado

Many of the papers that analyse human resource management (HRM) in merger and acquisition (M&A) processes focus on the last two stages (integration and implementation). Then, the…

Understanding organizational aspects for managing crisis situations: A comparison between military and civil organizations: Part I

Giorgio Gabrielli, Vincenzo Russo, Andrea Ciceri

The uncertainty of the current economic environment increases the risk of organizational failure. The traditional approach intends the crisis as a phenomenon that can be managed…

Understanding organizational aspects for managing crisis situations: A comparison between military and civil organizations: Part II

Giorgio Gabrielli, Vincenzo Russo, Andrea Ciceri

The uncertainty of the current economic environment increases the risk of organizational failure. The traditional approach intends the crisis as a phenomenon that can be managed…

Stories from the end of the world: in search of plots for a failing system

Jerzy Kociatkiewicz, Monika Kostera

The purpose of this paper is to consider three types of stories: media, personal accounts and fiction, and look for plots depicting situations of fundamental shift in the framing…

Embedded opportunities and conflict of subsidiary initiatives

Akiebe Humphrey Ahworegba, Ana Colovic

The purpose of this paper is to advance understanding of why subsidiary initiative opportunities face constant opposition, despite being essential to the competitiveness of…

Resilient agility in volatile economies: institutional and organizational antecedents

Ismail Gölgeci, Ahmad Arslan, Desislava Dikova, David M. Gligor

The purpose of this paper is to scrutinize the interplay between resilience and agility in explicating the concept of resilient agility and discuss institutional and…

Deriving significant factors for managing change in UN

James Wan, Raafat Saade, Ling Wang

A consequence of the UN general assembly resolution calling for increased efficiency and better utilization of resources in all its agencies, is a mandate for change. As a…

Exploring culture as a paradox: complementary QUEUE analysis of cultural values and practices

Sid Lowe, Astrid Kainzbauer, Ki-Soon Hwang

The purpose of this paper is to present the proposition that culture in international management has been dominated by a “Western dualism to measuring culture” (Caprar et al.…

Managers’ experiences as recipients: impact on organizational change

Kazuhiko Ozawa

Drawing on insights from change experience research, the purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of managers’ experiences, as change recipients, on organizational change…

The way toward a new entrepreneurial balance in business succession processes: The case of management buy-ins

Alexander Poeschl, Joerg Freiling

The purpose of this paper is to explore the under-researched family-external business succession process. It makes use of entrepreneurship theory in order to conceptualize this…

Sustainability change agents: leveraging political skill and reputation

Vickie Coleman Gallagher, Tracy H. Porter, Kevin P. Gallagher

Sustainability initiatives are important considerations for twenty-first century institutions. Employees, customers and other stakeholders expect responsible business practices…

Segmentally aware: know when to merge and when to purge

Yao Ma, Jiahua Xu

The purpose of this paper is to hone in on the degree of segment-level integration relative to corporate post-merger performance.