▪ Abstract Recent analyses of organizational change suggest a growing concern with the
tempo of change, understood as the characteristic rate, rhythm, or pattern of work or activity …

There is current interest in the competitive advantage that knowledge may provide for
organizations and in the significance of knowledge workers, organ izational competencies …

The strategy literature often emphasizes firm-specific human capital as a source of
competitive advantage based on the assumption that it constrains employee mobility. We …

Scholars of the theory of the firm have begun to emphasize the sources and conditions of
what has been described as “the organizational advantage,” rather than focus on the causes …

Winner of the 2000 Max Weber prize, awarded by the Section on Organizations,
Occupations, and Work, of the American Sociological Association, for the best book on …

I have spent a significant part of my working life over the last 25 years developing and
applying cultural perspectives on organizations. Despite considerable irritation with many …

Management fashion setters disseminate management fashions, transitory collective beliefs
that certain management techniques are at the forefront of management progress. These …

In this review, we develop a framework to guide future research and to examine the
execution of leadership in extreme contexts. We start by defining and distinguishing extreme …

The purpose of this article is to present a defense of the use of single case studies in
management research. The defense is necessary because this type of research has been …

Strategic management theories invoke the concept of competitive advantage to explain firm
performance, and empirical research investigates competitive advantage and describes how …