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Kersten, Astrid - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 13 (2000) 3, pp. 235-248

This paper uses Habermas’ model of dialogue and the public sphere to provide a critical examination of organizational diversity management. The paper argues that, in spite of the dialogic and inclusive claims made by the diversity movement, its basic framework and methods serve to limit and...

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Isolation and technology: the human disconnect

Vega, Gina; Brennan, Louis - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 13 (2000) 5, pp. 468-481

isolation through the multiple lenses of management, economics, psychology, sociology, engineering technology, social psychology …

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A dramaturgical analysis of charismatic leader discourse

Harvey, Arlene - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 14 (2001) 3, pp. 253-265

Many charismatic leaders are renowned for their exemplary rhetorical skills and powers of persuasion and their sense of drama. Interpreting the charismatic relationship as a drama invokes a cast of characters, with the charismatic leader and followers as main protagonist and co‐protagonists,...

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Crafting a change message to create transformational readiness

Armenakis, Achilles A.; Harris, Stanley G. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 15 (2002) 2, pp. 169-183

Explains how we used the change message components of discrepancy, appropriateness, efficacy, principal support, and personal valence and the message conveying strategies of active participation, persuasive communication and management of information suggested by Armenakis and colleagues to help...

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Towards Mapping the Communication Targets of Organisational Change

Lundberg, Craig C. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 3 (1990) 3, pp. 6-13

Four perspectives are outlined on organisational phenomena and three types of organisational change. Using those categories, a framework is developed which identifies 12 major organisational communication focuses. That framework facilitates identification of the nature and purpose of...

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Resolving the spirit and substance of organizational learning

Addleson, Mark - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 9 (1996) 1, pp. 32-41

Argues that there are two strands in the organizational learning (OL) literature marked by incompatible world views. The dominant substance is modernist while the spirit is interpretive. The focus on systems, in the form of learning loops and systems archetypes, identifies an acceptance of the...

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Lou Pondy and the Organizational Funny Bone

Vaill, Peter B. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 2 (1989) 2, pp. 22-25

Humor and laughter as a therapeutic force can be utilized to alleviate pain and despair as well as having far‐reaching consequences for both personal and organizational development. The various reasons why people laugh and what makes something funny are very complex, and can be measured to a...

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Computerized class management software: teachers' views and assessment

Raichel, Nirit - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 26 (2013) 5, pp. 830-852

Purpose – This article seeks to present two main issues: educational staff assessment of changes in their work resulting from the introduction of class and school management software; and educational staff assessment as to whether software use contributed to their work....

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Strategic renewal in times of environmental scarcity

Al Humaidan, Saleh; Sabatier, Valerie - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 30 (2017) 1, pp. 106-120

scope)). Within the media industry, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) offers a particularly interesting research setting …

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Organizations, prizes and media

Pallas, Josef; Wedlin, Linda; Grünberg, Jaan - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 29 (2016) 7, pp. 1066-1082

Purpose This paper circulates around two major questions: what is the character of prizes as a media product? And how … do the specifics of media prizes relate to the understanding of organizations with respect to a given aspect of their … activities? The purpose of this paper is to bring forward theoretical arguments that show the significance of media preferences …

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