Academic References: Engaging Tensions

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Linda L. Putnam, Gail T. Fairhurst & Scott Banghart (2016) Contradictions, Dialectics, and Paradoxes in Organizations: A Constitutive Approach, The Academy of Management Annals, 10:1, 65-171, DOI: 10.1080/19416520.2016.1162421

Luscher, L. S., & Lewis, M. W. 2008. Organizational change and managerial sensemaking: Working through paradox. Academy of Management Journal, 51(2): 221–240.

Miron-Spektor, E. & Smith, W. (2020). Overwhelmed? Adopt a Paradox Mindset. Access at: https://knowledge.insead.edu/leadership-organisations/overwhelmed-adopt-a-paradox-mindset-14026

Pradies, C., Tunarosa, A., Lewis, M. W., & Courtois, J. (2020). From vicious to virtuous paradox dynamics: The social-symbolic work of supporting actors. Organization Studies, 0170840620907200.

Smith, W, Lewis, M. W. & Tushman, M. (2016). “Both/And” Leadership. Access at: https://hbr.org/2016/05/both-and-leadership

Smith, W. K., & Lewis, M. W. (2011). Toward a theory of paradox: A dynamic equilibrium model of organizing. Academy of Management Review, 36(2), 381-403.