... discourse. In doing so, the authors introduce basic text mining methods to detect prevailing keywords and their changes over time. Such monitoring of content and its change promises a continuous feedback and improvement for change management efforts. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a mixed...

...Steve Jaynes Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the findings from a discourse model that was developed for an empirical study of a strategic change program. Design/methodology/approach – The perspective informing the discourse model is that discursive processes are central...

...Annika Blomberg Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the discursive practices employed in academic research on organizational creativity through a critical lens. Design/methodology/approach – The literature on organizational creativity is reviewed from a discourse-theoretical...

...Marja Flory and Eduard Bonet; Noora Jansson Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how discursive practices are involved in organizational change. Design/methodology/approach – This research scrutinizes organizational change by combining discourse and practice approaches. A case...

...Yusuf Sidani; Sammy Showail Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a case of proactive change that occurred in a large organization in Saudi Arabia. Design/methodology/approach – The paper explains how management actively used religious discourse to institute a stakeholder...

.... The purpose of this paper is to propose the merits of an alternative approach – applying a discourse perspective to the use of flexibility as a rationale for organizational change. Design/methodology/approach This paper first illustrates the broad referencing of flexibility as a desired organizational...

...Donna Carlon; Alexis Downs; Jos H. Pieterse; Marjolein C.J. Caniëls; Thijs Homan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how resistance to change might be a consequence of differences in professional discourse of professional groups working together in a change program. Design...

...Marja Flory; Alfonso Sauquet; Antonio Gelis‐Filho Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a metaphor of organizations as discursive gravitational fields. Design/methodology/approach The metaphor was built based on Einstein's general theory of relativity and Lacan's theory of discourse...

...Michal Izak Purpose The purpose of this research is to enable the examination of sensemaking mechanisms, inherent in the discourse of organizational spirituality (OS), which embed meanings this discourse creates. In order to achieve this goal the paper explores the pivotal notion of “spirituality...

... change by generating a discourse aimed at transcending the contradiction. Finally, Stoltzfus et al. describe how contradictions influence the dynamics in the context of a planned change initiative to improve information sharing among government agencies. It is also interesting to note...