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Contradictions, Dialectics, and Paradoxes in Organizations: A Constitutive Approach

Putnam, Linda L., Fairhurst, Gail T., Banghart, Scott·2016·Academy of Management Annals
DOI 10.5465/19416520.2016.1162421
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This article presents a constitutive approach to the study of organizational contradictions, dialectics, paradoxes, and tensions. In particular, it highlights five constitutive dimensions (i.e., discourse, developmental actions, socio-historical conditions, presence in multiples, and praxis) that appear across the literature in five metatheoretical traditions—process-based systems, structuration, critical, postmodern, and relational dialectics. In exploring these dimensions, it defines and distinguishes among key constructs, links research to process outcomes, and sets forth a typology of alternative ways of responding to organizational tensions. It concludes by challenging researchers to sharpen their focus on time in process studies, privilege emotion in relation to rationality, and explore the dialectic between order and disorder.

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Authors
Putnam, L. L., Fairhurst, G. T., & Banghart, S.
Affiliations
University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
ORCID
Venue
Academy of Management Annals
Publisher
Academy of Management
Published
2016-01
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
65-171
ISSN
  • 1941-6067 (ISSN-L)
  • 1941-6520
DOI
10.5465/19416520.2016.1162421
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W2341022915
Cited by
1,116
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2026: 151 · 2025: 144 · 2024: 125 · 2023: 123 · 2022: 110 · 2021: 126 · 2020: 100 · 2019: 93 · 2018: 69 · 2017: 56 · 2016: 17
FWCI
133.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Academy of Management Annals (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management Theory and Practice
  • Social Sciences › Education › Chaos, Complexity, and Education
Keywords
organizational contradictions, dialectics, paradox, organizational tensions, constitutive approach, structuration theory, critical theory, postmodernism, relational dialectics, metatheory, reason and emotion, order and disorder

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