Organizing for societal grand challenges / / edited by Ali Aslan Gümüsay (University of Hamburg, Germany), Emilio Marti (Erasmus University, Netherlands), Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich (Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany), Christopher Wickert (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands).

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Societal grand challenges have moved from a marginal concern to a mainstream issue within the field of organization and management studies. Organizing for Societal Grand Challenges unpacks how diverse forms of organ...

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Superior document:Research in the sociology of organizations ; volume 79.
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Place / Publishing House:Bingley : : Emerald Publishing Limited,, 2022.
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Research in the sociology of organizations ; v. 79.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (320 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: How organizing matters for societal grand challenges / Ali Aslan Gümüsay, Emilio Marti, Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich, and Christopher Wickert Section I. Diverse Forms of Organizing & Societal Grand Challenges
  • Chapter 1. Tackling grand challenges collaboratively: The role of value-driven sensegiving / Arne Kroeger, Nicole Siebold, Franziska Günzel-Jensen, Fouad Philippe Saade, and Jukka-Pekka Heikkilä
  • Chapter 2. Building collective institutional infrastructures for decent platform work: The development of a crowdwork agreement in Germany / Thomas Gegenhuber, Elke Schuessler, Georg Reischauer, and Laura Thäter
  • Chapter 3. Theorizing the role of metaphors in co-orienting collective action towards grand challenges: The example of the covid-19 pandemic / Dennis Schoeneborn, Consuelo Vásquez, and Joep P. Cornelissen
  • Chapter 4. Wicked problems and new ways of organising: How fe y alegria confronted changing manifestations of poverty / Camilo Arciniegas Pradilla, Jose Bento da Silva, and Juliane Reinecke
  • Chapter 5. From a clash of social orders to a loss of decidability in meta-organizations tackling grand challenges: The case of Japan leaving the international whaling commission / Héloïse Berkowitz and Michael Grothe-Hammer
  • Chapter 6. Commitment to grand challenges in fluid forms of organizing: The role of narratives' temporality / Iben Sandal Stjerne, Matthias Wenzel, and Silviya Svejenova Section II. Scholarship & Societal Grand Challenges
  • Chapter 7. Addressing grand challenges through different forms of organising: A literature review / Leo Juri Kaufmann and Anja Danner-Schröder
  • Chapter 8. Scale in research on grand challenges / Katharina Dittrich
  • Chapter 9. Diaries as a methodological innovation for studying grand challenges / Madeleine Rauch and Shahzad (Shaz) Ansari
  • Chapter 10. Grand challenges and business education: Dealing with barriers to learning and uncomfortable knowledge / Marian Konstantin Gatzweiler, Corinna Frey-Heger, and Matteo Ronzani
  • Chapter 11. Striving for societal impact as an early-career researcher: Reflections on five common concerns / Sascha Friesike, Leonhard Dobusch, and Maximilian Heimstädt Section III. Reflections & Outlook
  • Chapter 12. Robust action: Advancing a distinctive approach to grand challenges / Joel Gehman, Dror Etzion, and Fabrizio Ferraro
  • Chapter 13. Surfing the grand challenges wave in management scholarship: How did we get here, where are we now, and what's next? / Jennifer Howard-Grenville and Jonas Spengler.