Temporary Organizing: Promises, Processes, Problems

Temporary organizing is introduced as process, form and perspective. Then key challenges and opportunities in the study of temporary organizing are discussed, including methodological issues, how to theorize time, and how to relate the temporary to the more permanent. This introductory article concl...

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Published in:Organization studies Vol. 37; no. 12; pp. 1703 - 1719
Main Authors: Bakker, Rene M., DeFillippi, Robert J., Schwab, Andreas, Sydow, Jörg
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.12.2016
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:
Methodological problems
Organization theory
Project management
Temporary employment
project-based organization
project management
temporary employment
project networks
temporary organization
ISSN:0170-8406, 1741-3044
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Summary:Temporary organizing is introduced as process, form and perspective. Then key challenges and opportunities in the study of temporary organizing are discussed, including methodological issues, how to theorize time, and how to relate the temporary to the more permanent. This introductory article concludes with an overview of the special issue.
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ISSN:0170-8406
1741-3044
DOI:10.1177/0170840616655982