848: Enacting Organizational Paradoxes: Performances, Sociomaterialities, Dialectics, and Power (14702)

Sunday, August 11, 2024

13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

Location: Fairmont: Embassy Room

Session Number: 848
Symposium (panel)
Orientation: Research
Showcase Symposium
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/3RbK6K

Participant(s)

GF

Gail T. Fairhurst

U. of Cincinnati, United States
LP

Linda L. Putnam

U. of California, Santa Barbara, United States
RB

Rebecca Bednarek

Victoria Management School, New Zealand
TH

Tim Hargrave

Central Washington U., United States
TK

Tim Kuhn

U. of Colorado, Boulder, United States
DW

DaJung Woo

Rutgers U., New Brunswick, United States

This panel addresses a performative view of organizational paradoxes. Panel participants will address two central issues: #1: How should we study the sociomaterial in the enactment of organizational paradoxes? What is the role of dialectics in this process? How can we focus on temporal flows and multiple tensions in enacting paradoxes? How can paradox researchers embrace power as ubiquitous and pervasive in tensional performances? #2: How can we help organizations and organizational members become aware of and develop effective repertories or sets of responses for acting in the midst of paradoxes? How can organizations experiment with and acquire response sets after previously failed attempts in reacting to paradoxes?