Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to illustrate and problematize how the expansion of project and temporary work challenges the traditional industrial work organization and its internal and supportive institutions. It highlights the transformation dilemma, which occurs when traditional...

The authors argue that the renewal process in organisations originates in the mental structures and capacities of its members. Starting out with experiences from a case study on renewal in a Swedish construction company, they analyse reasons for the apparent consensus in the construction sector...

Renewal endeavors on the part of top management can focus either on the individual and organizational levels or on the physical and institutional levels. Changes directed specifically towards individuals and the organization tend to "fade away", while structural and institutional changes leave...