TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gaim,Medhanie
TI  - Organizational paradox
T2  - Cambridge elements. Elements in organization theory,
SN  - 9781009128155 (ebook)
AV  - HM786 .G35 2022
U1  - 302.3501 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Organization
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Paradox
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Sep 2022)
N2  - Paradoxes, contrary propositions that are not contestable separately but that are inconsistent when conjoined, constitute a pervasive feature of contemporary organizational life. When contradictory elements are constituted as equally important in day-to-day work, organizational actors frequently experience acute tensions in engaging with these contradictions. This Element discusses the presence of paradoxes in the life of organizations, introduces the reader to the notion of paradox in theory and practice, and distinguishes paradox and adjacent conceptualizations such as trade-off, dilemma, dialectics, ambiguity, etc. This Element also covers what triggers paradoxes and how they come into being whereby the Element distinguishes latent and salient paradoxes and how salient paradoxes are managed. This Element discusses key methodological challenges and possibilities of studying, teaching, and applying paradoxes and concludes by considering some future research questions left unexplored in the field
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009128155
ER  -