Sub-theme 09: [SWG] Balance in an Unbalanced World: Understanding Competing Demands through Paradox Theory
Convenors:
Jonathan Schad, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Camille Pradies, EDHEC Business School, France
Vontrese D. Pamphile, George Washington University, USA
Session I: Thursday, July 07, 11:00 to 12:30, TC.0.02 Red Bull
Plenary Overview
Chair: Camille Pradies
Margaret Koli and Jane K. Lê
Philosophical traditions and practices of the Bantu people
Wendy K. Smith, Stephanie Schrage, Marianne W. Lewis and Costas Andriopoulos
Navigating the paradoxes of empirical paradox research
Session II: Thursday, July 07, 14:00 to 15:30
- Parallel Stream -
Parallel Stream A: Leadership and Paradox (Quantitative) - Room: TC.0.02 Red Bull
Chair: Ella Miron-Spektor
Matthew Rubin, Ella Miron-Spektor and Yair Berson
Focus
on the trees: When and why leaders’ paradoxical sensegiving enhances followers’
creativity
Jingtao Zhu, Hannes Leroy and Rebecca Hewett
Paradoxical yet consistent: How leaders maintain behavioral integrity when demonstrating paradoxical values
Soniya Dabak and Zubin Mulla
Redefining roles to transcend tensions: Does leader job crafting enable paradoxical leadership?
Eriselda Danaj and Tobias Dennerlein
Paradox leadership, paradox mindset, and employee emotional exhaustion
Parallel Stream B: Paradox and Grand Challenges - Room: TC.3.08
Chair: Tobias Hahn
Carolin Waldner, Stephanie Schrage and Andreas Rasche
Fading in and fading out: The temporary nature of asymmetric paradoxical knots within organizations
Jaakko Siltaloppi
Managing organizational misalignment in the integration of sustainability and business: A paradox perspective
Svetlana Serdyukov
Interdependence and coevolution of multilevel paradoxes: A case of agricultural cooperative
Parallel Stream C: Start-ups, Entrepreneurs, and the Gig Economy - Room: TC.3.09
Chair: Iris Seidemann
Ferran Torres Nadal and Lisa Hehenberger
The Work Of Institutional Entrepreneurs Harnessing The Business-Society Paradox In Grand Challenges
Nico Florian Klenner, Gerda Gemser and Ingo Karpen
Reflective
practice in business model innovation
Jawwad Z. Raja, Isabelle Fabienne Neufang and Thomas Frandsen
Studying
tensional knots in servitizing firms
Session III: Friday, July 08, 09:00 to 10:30
- Parallel Stream -
Parallel Stream A: A Quantitative Approach to Paradox - Room: TC.0.02 Red Bull
Chair: Jinzhao Qu
Simone Carmine and Valentina De Marchi
Paradoxical
paths: Configuring willingness and ability for a paradoxical approach to
corporate sustainability
Orit Zommer-Balicer, Dana R. Vashdi and Ella Miron-Spektor
The effect of paradox mindset on one’s role in a social network
Siarhei Manzhynski, Frank Figge and Andrea Thorpe
Quantifying paradox: Measuring and integrating contradiction, interdependence, and persistence. The example of coopetition
Ibrat Djabbarov, Elmar Kutsch and Haytham Siala
Mindful action in tension: Responding to errors in high reliability seeking organization
Parallel Stream B: Paradox Persistence - Room: TC.3.08
Chair: Marc Krautzberger
Wendy J. Kilminster, Paula Jarzabkowski and Alessandro Giudici
From co-location in a coffee-shop to mandatory practices in a mutualized market: How the development of an infrastructure
of interdependence manages and maintains paradox
Camille Pradies, Andrea Tunarosa and Patrick Lê
Freshly brewed: The development of the U.S. coffee industry through paradox persistence and evolution
Greg Fetzer
The persistence paradox: Balancing persistence and abandonment in creative work
Parallel Stream C: Discourse, Artifacts, and Paradox - Room: TC.3.09
Chair: Harald Tuckermann
Barbara Müller-Christensen and Katharina Musil
Bound within paradox: Middle managers' identity work struggles in the context of organizational change
Trishna Chauhan
The micro-practices of knotted paradoxical tensions: How individuals experience, (co)-construct and navigate knotted paradoxical
tensions
Catherine Lespérance
Managing HR without HR: Paradoxes at the heart of artifacts
Session IV: Friday, July 08, 11:00 to 12:30
- Parallel Stream -
Parallel Stream A: Workplace Issues and Paradox (Quantitative) - Room: TC.0.02 Red Bull
Chair: Matthew Rubin
Yan Shao, Ella Miron-Spektor, Susanne Täuber and Bernard A. Nijstad
Interpersonal tension and observers’ work engagement: A paradox perspective
Erica Chen, Ben Nanfeng Luo, Ziwen Nie, Fang Li, Jinzhao Qu, Ying Zhang and Zhen Wang
The double-edged sword effect of paradoxical tensions on job crafting
Rany Salvoldi, Dorit Efrat-Treister and David M. Brock
Developing paradoxical framing through intercultural work interactions
Alexander Schmidt, Saeedeh Ahmadi, Henk W. Volberda and Tom Mom
Can paradox mindset help reducing tensions once employees encounter conflicts between multiple operational goals? The moderating
effects of paradox mindset and team shared vision alignment in a multilevel study
Parallel Stream B: Collectively Engaging Paradoxes - Room: TC.3.08
Chair: Marco Berti
Connie A. Van der Byl, Natalie Slawinski and Wendy K. Smith
Leveraging opposites: How champions of an industry-wide environmental alliance navigate coopetition
Isidora Kourti and Michael Zisuh Ngoasong
When opposites collide and co-exist: Towards a process theory on planning-emergence paradox
Sarah Bloomfield
Sustaining organizational paradox through collective paradox work within Forestry England
Parallel Stream C: Paradoxical Tensions in Affordable Housing - Room: TC.3.09
Chair: Simone Carmine
Guillermo Casasnovas, Ferran Torres Nadal and Ignasi Martí
Families or assets: Unpacking the moral dimension of responses to (nested) paradoxical tensions in social housing
Angela Greco and Bjoern C. Mitzinneck
Moving beyond dualism: The emergence of a collective paradox mind in a Dutch sustainable social housing organization
Natasha Bobyreff, Natalia Nikolova and Marco Berti
Organisational synergy – Managing multi-stakeholder plurality tensions through strategic partnering
Session V: Friday, July 08, 14:00 to 15:30
- Parallel Stream -
Parallel Stream A: Paradox in Times of Crisis - Room: TC.0.02 Red Bull
Chair: Ferran Torres Nadal
Konstantinos Chalkias, Paula Jarzabkowski, Eugenia Cacciatori and Rebecca Bednarek
Paradoxes of strategic remit: Between a market remit of individual responsibility and a societal remit of collective responsibility
Harald Tuckermann
When it takes one paradox to navigate another – A process study of a Swiss hospital coping with COVID-19
Mayra Ruiz-Castro and Deborah N. Brewis
Gains, losses, fortune and luck: Paradoxes in the Covid-19 pandemic
Parallel Stream B: Navigating Paradox as Managers - Room: TC.3.08
Chair: Greg Fetzer
Sotiris T. Lalaounis, Ajit Nayak and Didarul Hasan
Relational pathways for managing paradox: Conflict management styles and face concern in creative firms
Thomas Duus Henriksen, Rikke Kristine Nielsen and Frans Bévort
A design-based approach to exploring learning games for managers’ paradox learning
Josefine Rasmussen, Andrea Fried, Henrik Nehler and Mikael Ottosson
Reconciling profit and environmental impact – Responses of management accountants to paradoxical tensions of sustainability
Parallel Stream C: Sensemaking, Emotions, and Decision Making - Room: TC.3.09
Chair: Eriselda Danaj
Carina Keller, Myriam Bechtoldt and Karin Kreutzer
The paralysis of perceived power(lessness) – How emotional tensions influence corporate climate action
Nici Zimmermann and Nici Zimmermann
Dynamics of managing competing demands in organisational decision-making
Mostafa Safar and Stefano Miraglia
A unifying framework for the management of contradictory demands in organizations
Session VI: Saturday, July 09, 09:00 to 10:30
- Parallel Stream -
Parallel Stream A: Leadership and Paradox - Room: TC.0.02 Red Bull
Chair: Barbara Mueller
Stefan Volk, David Waldman and Christopher Barnes
Paradoxical leadership: A chronobiological approach
Marwa Mohamed and Russ Vince
Putting poison in the honey: Leadership paradoxes in Egyptian healthcare organizations
Alexandru D. Bucevschi
Running on a tightrope: Prospects and limitations of paradoxical leadership during organizational crisis management
Parallel Stream B: Paradox, Diversity, and Social Issues - Room: TC.3.08
Chair: Angela Greco
Marc Krautzberger
Managing the paradox of social progress in international climate policy through fair both/and collaboration
Tobias Hahn, Patricia Gabaldon and Stefan Gröschl
Lone fighters or with a helping hand? How successful women leaders navigate career paradoxes
Stina R. Brøgger and Maria Dahl Andersen
Reconceptualising diversity management from a paradox lens
Session VII: Saturday, July 09, 11:00 to 12:30, TC.0.02 Red Bull
Closing Plenary
Chair: Jonathan Schad