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Anvuur, A M, Kumaraswamy, M and Fellows, R (2012) Perceptions of status and TMO workgroup cooperation: implications for project governance. Construction Management and Economics, 30(09), 719-37.

Bryde, D J and Schulmeister, R (2012) Applying Lean principles to a building refurbishment project: experiences of key stakeholders. Construction Management and Economics, 30(09), 777-94.

L_wstedt, M and R_is_nen, C (2012) Playing back-spin balls: narrating organizational change in construction. Construction Management and Economics, 30(09), 795-806.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: middle managers; narrative analysis; organizational change; Sweden
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2012.693189
  • Abstract:
    What does change mean for organizational members? Although researchers have attempted to capture its intrinsic complexities, there remains uncertainty as to what change really is and how it happens. Drawing on a longitudinal interpretative case study of change in a large Swedish construction company, a narrative approach is used to elicit middle managers' stories of change episodes over the past two decades. These stories have then been compared with the narratives of the same episodes in governing documents. We found that the lived and the formal narratives, respectively, depicted two very different interpretations and enactments of change: the former described a discontinuous process of discrete contingencies demanding immediate short-term responses whereas the latter described a proactive incremental strategic plan. A narrative approach to the study of organizational change contributes to deeper insights into the ramifications of an organization's socio-cultural system by enabling the capture of significant variations, contradictions and tensions, both for organizational members and for the researchers who study change.

Mokhlesian, S and Holmén, M (2012) Business model changes and green construction processes. Construction Management and Economics, 30(09), 761-75.

Torriti, J (2012) Multiple-project discount rates for cost-benefit analysis in construction projects: a formal risk model for microgeneration renewable energy technologies. Construction Management and Economics, 30(09), 739-47.

Volker, L (2012) Procuring architectural services: sensemaking in a legal context. Construction Management and Economics, 30(09), 749-59.