Coordination as Energy-in-Conversation
Abstract
Coordination is the process people use to create, adapt, and re-create organizations. We propose a theory of coordination as energy-in-conversation to help organizational scholars comprehend the emotional and motivational dynamics of coordination. Our model describes how people generate and diminish their energy in their attempts to coordinate, how this energy affects attempts to coordinate, and how coordinating affects the effort devoted to the activities in the process. This account of the coordination process presents a new approach for understanding performance in interdependent situations.
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- Authors
- Quinn, R. W., & Dutton, J. E.
- Affiliations
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- ORCID
- Quinn, Ryan W.
- Venue
- Academy of Management Review
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 2005-01
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 36-57
- ISSN
- 0363-7425 (ISSN-L)
- 1930-3807
- OpenAlex
- W2136464812
- Cited by
- 381
- References
- 8
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- FWCI
- 13.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Academy of Management Review (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Team Dynamics and Performance
- 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
- Keywords
- coordination, emotional dynamics, motivation dynamics, organizational performance, interdependence, effort, organizational change
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