...Robert J. Blomme; Kirsten Bornebroek‐Te Lintelo Purpose This article aims to develop a conception consisting of insights from complexity theory and additional notions from Weick's sense‐making theory and existentialism for examining organization behaviour. Design/methodology/approach...

.... Originality/value This study examines CEO succession in small and medium‐sized firms. A crucial issue for research on organizations, it has been neglected in studies of organizational change. Succession planning Stakeholder analysis Complexity theory Organizational change Chief executives France...

... Limited 2006 Corporate strategy Organizational change Complexity theory Telecommunications Norway To consider how organisations survive in increasingly dynamic environments, leading scholars have introduced the concept of patching (Brown and Eisenhardt, 1998 ; Eisenhardt and Brown...