This paper brings into focus the concept of organizational secrecy by senior managers in the context of a major strategic change program. Underpinned by legitimation theory and utilizing a narrative methodology and a longitudinal investigation, we draw upon data from 52 interviews with 13 senior...

The rising prominence of blockchain technology has spurred researchers to delve deeper into its applications through the lens of organizational and management theories. Our thematic analysis of blockchain literature reveals examination across five key areas: economic, strategic, operational,...

Motivated by the recent surge in union drives, we present a theoretical model of the factors that influence unionization. An employee seeking to unionize their workplace assembles organizers to persuade coworkers to vote in favor. If unionization benefits workers, it is more likely to succeed...

Motivated by the recent surge in union drives, we present a theoretical model of the factors that influence unionization. An employee seeking to unionize their workplace assembles organizers to persuade coworkers to vote in favor. If unionization benefits workers, it is more likely to succeed...

Project management and project portfolio management (PPM) foster competitiveness by facilitating the implementation of organizational strategy. Although organizations often struggle to develop PPM capabilities, the academic community does not have an in-depth understanding of the conditions for...

Purpose - Healthcare systems receive criticism from both providers and recipients. The diversity in these systems throughout the world makes innovation and change difficult. However, a structured analysis of healthcare systems is crucial to identify areas for improvement and to share best...

Das Institut für Organisationsökonomik (IO) an der Universität Münster wurde am 1. Oktober 2024 vierzehn Jahre alt. Dieser 14. Jahresbericht informiert über das vierzehnte Jahr, d. h. über das Wintersemester 2023/24 und das Sommersemester 2024. Wie in den Vorjahren werden das Institut und...

Since the seminal work of Albert and Whetten, the organizational identity concept has become ubiquitous and highly relevant in various fields. This study systematically reviews how Albert and Whetten’s concept of organizational identity has been disseminated in different research areas. It...

An organization is any group of people with a common objective. Simply put, two or more people may band together to form an organization because they determine that working together is a more effective means for creating value than if each of them continued to work separately. While a good deal...

Obviously one of the threshold questions in the field of organizational studies is defining exactly what is meant by the term “organization.” There are a wide variety of definitions with the words and emphasis changing depending upon the academic school of thought. The simple neoclassical...

Trust represents a key social mechanism facilitating collaboration in interorganizational relationships. Yet, the concept of interorganizational trust is surrounded by substantial ambiguity, especially as it pertains to the levels of analysis at which it is located. Some scholars maintain that...

An organization does not simply appear on its own; in fact, organizations are contrived social systems that are created by like-minded groups of persons to pursue and hopefully achieve a stated goal or purpose. Organizational design is concerned with the factors and issues that must be...

Porter and Powell argued that networks “are a ubiquitous and critical feature of organizational life” and that all organizations, and the individuals within them, “are enmeshed in networks at varied, multiple levels”. While networks have always been important and relevant in...

International technology transfer plays a critical role in global welfare and economic growth. Conventional wisdom holds that strong intellectual property rights—primarily patents—promote the transfer of technologies between countries. An important counternarrative, however, contends that...

The socio-political system that has developed over the last several decades has had a detrimental effect on our societal values and has all but brought the nation to a standstill. The way that individuals work and act has been significantly impacted as a result. Our ideas of human resource...