Our knowledge-based society is pressing universities to transform from monastic scholarly enclaves into producers of new technologies and incubators of start-up firms. However, converting scientists’ curiosity-driven discoveries into commercially viable innovations has proven so difficult that...

We build theory on the process of collective identity resurrection through a qualitative study investigating how community members reenergized a valued community identity following years of decline. Our findings suggest a recursive model of identity resurrection, in which community leaders...

Contents: Preface -- 1. Entrepreneurial identity : professional virtues moderate attraction and persistence / Thomas N. Duening -- 2. The entrepreneur in the age of discursive reproduction : whence comes entrepreneurial identity? / Rebecca Gill -- 3. Visualizing Bill Gates and Richard Branson as...

Despite recognizing the importance of external dynamics to employee organizational identification, this factor is under explored in today's evermore interdependent organizations. We theorize how organizational identification can be influenced by an employer's horizontal partnerships with...

1. Why culture? -- 2. Getting to know Chipco -- 3. Nature and culture -- 4. 'Tech' work at Chipco -- 5. Environmental work at Chipco -- 6. Getting environment 'in' -- 7. Corporate culture and environmental practice.

The 1993 Special Research Forum on Configurations is dedicated to the proposition that configurational theory and research can significantly advance understanding of people, groups, and organizations. In this introductory essay, we define configurational approaches to organizational analysis,...