Stability and Change as Simultaneous Experiences in Organizational Life
Abstract
Organizations and individual employees increasingly are pursuing change in how work is organized, how it is managed, and in who is carrying it out. At the same time, there are numerous individual, organizational, and societal forces promoting stability in work and employment relations. Here we discuss change and stability and the forces pushing individuals and organizations to pursue both. We argue that some level of tension between stability and change is an inevitable part of organizational life and that this tension must characterize research on work and organizations.
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- Authors
- Leana, C. R., & Barry, B.
- Affiliations
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- ORCID
- Leana, Carrie R.
- Venue
- The Academy of Management Review
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 2000-10
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 753
- ISSN
- 0363-7425 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2121162031
- Cited by
- 330
- References
- 45
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- FWCI
- 11.77
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Academy of Management Review (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 › Organizational Management and Change
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Organizational Change and Leadership
- Keywords
- organizational change, stability, work organization, employment relations, work and organization, organizational life
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