The social construction of organisational disintegration: exploring identity dynamics and restructuring through a longitudinal case study of a post-socialist enterprise. / Soulsby, Anna; Clark, Ed.
In: Competition and Change, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2012, p. 91-111.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Abstract
This article seeks to advance our understanding of organizational change by exploring the relationships between patterns of organizational restructuring and identity dynamics as they interrelate over time. Our arguments are set in the empirical context of post-socialist Central Europe and the data, derived from the longitudinal study of a former state-owned enterprise that has been visited many times from 1993 to 2011, tell the story of a process of vertical disintegration. The article contributes to the field by elaborating the dynamic effects of identity ambivalence and identity conflict on top management decision making and the consequent social construction of organizational change processes.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 91-111 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Competition and Change |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
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