Sub-theme 66: Temporality and Project-based Organizing
Convenors:
Timo Braun, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Jörg Raab, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Iben Stjerne, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Session I: Thursday, July 04, 11:00 to 12:30, UEBS - MBA Suite
Megaprojects
Chair: Timo Braun, Jörg Raab & Iben Sandal Stjerne
Sofia Pemsel and Jonas Søderlund
On the Verge of Times: Temporal Shifts in Temporary Organizations
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Jere Lehtinen
Jere Lehtinen, Giorgio Locatelli, Barbara Evans, Karlos Artto and Tristano Sainati
Acknowledging the role of corruption in large infrastructure projects
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Jonas Søderlund
Joachim Thiel, Gernot Grabher, Johannes Dreher and Lennart Fahnenmüller
Strong owners, weak clients? Client performance and innovation in two iconic architecture projects
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Jennifer Whyte
Mahesh Balasubramani, Ranjith K. Soman, Jennifer Whyte and Ashwin Mahalingam
Temporality, innovation and megaproject-to-megaproject learning across continents: The case of Crossrail and Nagpur Metro
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Joachim Thiel
Session II: Thursday, July 04, 14:00 to 15:30, UEBS - MBA Suite
Projectification
Chair: Jörg Raab
Maria Magdalena Aguilar Velasco
The dark-side of projectification: A systematic literature review and research agenda on the negative aspect of project work
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Andranik Tumasjan
Johannes Kaske
Time is on my side: How blockchain technology attenuates the constraints of temporary organizing
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Maria Magdalena Aguilar Velasco
Pål Nygaard and Tine Malonæs
Projectification of business and its implications for business history research
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Kate Gasparro
Kate Gasparro and Vedran Zerjav
Methodological considerations on research impact for project studies: The case of configurational approaches in infrastructure
projects research
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Pål Nygaard
Session III: Friday, July 05, 09:00 to 10:30, UEBS - MBA Suite
Timing Strategies
Chair: Iben Sandal Stjerne
Oskar J. Bronsgeest and Onno Bouwmeester
Timing strategies for employee participation in decision-making during organizational change projects
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Graham Winch
Graham Winch and Natalya Sergeeva
Narratives of temporal structuring in project organizing
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Oskar J. Bronsgeest
Stefan Sauer, Amelie Tihlarik and Manuel Nicklich
Project-based organizing and the desynchronization of acceleration
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Lorenzo Skade
Lorenzo Skade, Sarah Stanske, Jochen Koch and Matthias Wenzel
Temporary organizing and organizing temporality: On the multilayered architecture of accelerators
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Stefan Sauer
Session IV: Friday, July 05, 11:00 to 12:30, UEBS - MBA Suite
Tensions and Boundaries
Chair: Timo Braun
Matthias Engelmayer, Lennart Fahnenmüller and Cornelius Herstatt
The tensions of managing innovation in a project-based environment: The case of small and medium-sized architectural firms
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Lloyd Fletcher
Lloyd Fletcher and Andrew Sturdy
The subjectivity of boundary spanning – Composite boundaries in project working
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Matthias Engelmayer
Tor Hernes, Therese Dille and Anne Live Vaagaasar
The temporal challenges of coordinating multi-stakeholder projects
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): René Abel
René Abel, Suleika Bort, Indre Maurer, Clarissa E. Weber and Hendrik Wilhelm
Tensions between new and recurrent alliance partnerships: The moderation effect of alliance portfolio maturity
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Anne Live Vaagaasar
Session V: Friday, July 05, 14:00 to 15:30, UEBS - MBA Suite
Interconnections, Portfolios, and Platforms
Chair: Jörg Raab
Dianka Zuiderwijk and Kees Boersma
Operational reliability in complex temporary organizations: Resilience and governance in the context of temporal interconnectivity
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Johan Munck af Rosenschöld
Alfons van Marrewijk and Leonore van den Ende
Multi-level analysis of dynamic change in inter-organizational projects
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Miia Martinsuo
Miia Martinsuo and Joana Geraldi
Connecting project portfolios with their context
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Alfons van Marrewijk
Johan Munck af Rosenschöld, Martina Merz and Mikko Salmela
Fostering interdisciplinarity through temporary research platforms? Institutional work as mediating organizational innovations
in universities
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Dianka Zuiderwijk
Session VI: Saturday, July 06, 09:00 to 10:30, UEBS - MBA Suite
Temporal and Social Embeddedness
Chair: Iben Sandal Stjerne
Erik Söderberg
Projects’ survival in permanent organizing: Boundary work in a public health project
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Ehsan Samimi
Ehsan Samimi
Walking at the edge: Human resource management routines in project-based organizations
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Erik Söderberg
David Cross and Juani Swart
Tempo(rality) in project-network organisations
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Sophie M. Cappelen
Sophie Cappelen
Temporally sustaining the temporary
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): David Cross
Session VII: Saturday, July 06, 11:00 to 12:30, UEBS - MBA Suite
Events as Temporary Organizations
Chair: Timo Braun
Joseph Lampel, Aneesh Banerjee and Ajay Bhalla
Emergence and spread of unconferences as new temporary organizational form
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Iben Stjerne
Iben Stjerne and Silviya Svejenova
Mobilizing for change through temporal work at events
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Joseph Lampel
Sorin Piperca
Disruptive events in interorganizational projects
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Viktoriia Pisotska
Viktoriia Pisotska and Kerem Gurses
Understanding the interplay of temporary and permanent organizational structures and the stability and change duality in field-configuring
events: a case study of the Venice Biennale
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Sorin Piperca