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Core groups: a theory of power and influence for “learning” organizations

Kleiner, Art - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 16 (2003) 6, pp. 666-683

Core groups stand as the tangible, but fluid repositories of knowledge, influence and power in organizations. Thus, the core group in any organization is the focal point of organizational learning throughout the organization, because people act to fulfill the perceived needs and priorities of...

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Management – decision and interpretation

Siggaard Jensen, Hans - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 23 (2010) 2, pp. 134-136

persuasion (rhetoric), knowledge and practice of virtues (protreptics), and knowledge of science, society and conceptual and …

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On the role of emotional arousal in sensegiving

Vuori, Timo; Virtaharju, Jouni - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 25 (2012) 1, pp. 48-66

Purpose – This paper aims to increase understanding of how emotional arousal could be used to enhance the adoption of new beliefs during a sensegiving episode. Design/methodology/approach – Case study about the sensegiving tactics of a successful corporate coach and the reactions of 102...

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Following the crowd:social influence and technology usage

Segrest, Sharon L.; Domke‐Damonte, Darla J.; Miles, … - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 11 (1998) 5, pp. 425-445

This study examined the impact of social influence theory on distance education technology (DET) usage. Delineation of university culture types conceptualized by Bergquist (the collegial culture, the managerial culture, the developmental culture, and the negotiating culture) were also examined...

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Management consultancies as global change agents?

Crucini, Cristina; Kipping, Matthias - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 14 (2001) 6, pp. 570-589

Examines the role of small, locally based management consultancies as global change agents. Based on evidence from Italy, shows that these consultancies not only have managed to develop successful survival strategies, but also play an important role in the dissemination and translation of new...

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Pollution prevention as corporate entrepreneurship

Lober, Douglas J. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 11 (1998) 1, pp. 26-37

Environmental entrepreneurship is usually thought of as the creation of new products or services to meet environmental market opportunities. Pollution prevention is a new concept of the idea of environmental entrepreneurship as it is process based and focused on reducing costs rather than...

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Objects and the production of technological forms of life

Lowe, Alan - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 17 (2004) 4, pp. 337-351

and society. Organising through networks of post‐social relations increasingly comes to affect the manner in which …

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“Inertia Creeps”, or a phenomenological perspective on objects in sociology

Schinkel, Willem - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 17 (2004) 4, pp. 396-407

of the concept of “society”, which excludes first of all certain people – those not a part of a conscience collective …

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Developing Tanzanian civil society

Banjac, Marinko - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 23 (2010) 6, pp. 669-688

Purpose – The development of Tanzanian civil society is widely understood to be one of the key processes in the … intention and impact of World Bank policies aimed at supporting Tanzanian civil society organizations. Design … tool. Within this theoretical framework, a specific World Bank programme in Tanzania, the Social Development Civil Society …

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Organizations as discursive gravitational fields

Gelis‐Filho, Antonio - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 25 (2012) 2, pp. 236-250

the relation between organizations, discourse and society. …

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