In this article, we present an overview of the literatures on organizational identity and
organizational identification. We provide overviews of four major approaches to …

Rhetorical history has emerged as a useful theoretical construct that bridges the long
recognized gap between historical and organizational scholarship. Despite its growing …

For all its richness and potential for discovery, qualitative research has been critiqued as too
often lacking in scholarly rigor. The authors summarize a systematic approach to new …

Abstract Research Summary The capacity to manage history is an important but
undertheorized component of dynamic capabilities. We argue that the capacity to manage …

In ever-changing environments, strategic change manifests as a crucial concern for firms
and is thus central to the fields of management and strategy. Common and foundational to …

This research commentary introduces historical consciousness to studying organizational
change. Most theories of organizational change contain within them implicit assumptions …

Most writings on corporate social responsibility (CSR) treat lack of consistency between
organizational CSR talk and action as a serious problem that needs to be eliminated. In this …

How organizations cope with multiple and sometimes conflicting institutional demands is an
increasingly familiar yet little understood question. This paper examines how four French …

Abstract Research Summary This paper examines how strategy‐makers attempt to reconcile
change initiatives with organizational values and principles laid out long before, still …

The formation of a hybrid organizational identity is a significant challenge for many social
enterprises. Drawing on in‐depth longitudinal data from the first three years of a successful …