Learning From Collaborative Action Research in Three Organizations: How Purpose Activates Change Agency
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2023

Based on a 2-year collaborative study, this paper explores purpose as an enabler for change agency during the integration of new organizational concepts. We followed three organizations that attempted to actively use purpose to motivate and negotiate innovation-based change initiatives in their respective organizations. Data were gathered through a set of interviews and collaborative inquiry workshops, conducted individually with each organization and collectively with all three. Based on the data, the paper systematically analyzes five ways of how purpose may activate change agency. Moreover, the paper suggests that activation of distributed change agency can support the management of contextual ambidexterity. This study also points toward how other organizations can use the acquired knowledge, both from the study and the collaborative inquiry process.

collaborative action research

change agency

distributed change agency

organizational purpose

Författare

Johanna Pregmark

Chalmers, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy

Tobias Fredberg

Chalmers, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy

Rita Berggren

Chalmers, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy

Bjoern Frossevi

Ctr Higher Ambit

The Journal of applied behavioral science

0021-8863 (ISSN) 15526879 (eISSN)

Vol. 59 4 617-646

Ämneskategorier

Företagsekonomi

DOI

10.1177/00218863231195909

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2024-03-07