Getting the timing right: Kairos as the rhetorical framing of time

Lantz, Prins Marcus Valiant; Just, Sine Nørholm

doi:10.1016/j.scaman.2021.101167

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“…On the contrary, and in line with recent discussions of organizational temporality (see e.g. Hernes & Schultz, 2020; Lantz & Just, 2021; Reinecke & Ansari, 2017), time is ‘an aspect of the social construction of reality’ (Luhmann, 1976, p. 134), which means that multiple social times exist, depending on the observer’s cognitive horizon and social context. Nonetheless, members of a social system must be ‘synchronized’ in order to interact with one another, in the sense that ‘there can be no time difference’ between experiencing subjects.…”

Section: The Politics Of Trust In Alternative Organizationsmentioning

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The Politics of Trust: How trust reconciles autonomy and solidarity in alternative organizations

Husted

Just

2022

Organization Theory

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In this paper, we explore the politics of trust in alternative organizations, understood as counter-hegemonic collectives characterized by an equal commitment to individual autonomy and collective solidarity. Although trust is rarely theorized in studies of alternative organizations, it is frequently claimed to be the glue that holds such collectives together. The main purpose of the paper is to substantiate this claim theoretically. Drawing eclectically on Niklas Luhmann and Ernesto Laclau, we argue that trust serves at least two functions in alternative organizations. First, trust serves as an object of identification for people who long for an alternative to the current state of affairs. Such identification rests on the creation of an antagonistic frontier between the organization and its constitutive outside. Here, trust is understood as a way of establishing alternatives by providing space for individual autonomy. We refer to this as the political function of trust. Second, trust serves as a mechanism that renders possible the reconciliation of otherwise irreconcilable interests and identities. Trust fulfils this function by suspending the temporal distance between present and future, thereby creating an extensive ‘moment of undecidability’ in which competing interpretations of what it means to be alternative may coexist. Here, trust is understood as a way of maintaining alternatives by cultivating solidarity between diverse individuals. We refer to this as the depoliticizing function of trust. Combined, these two functions allow people to be ‘different together’, which is often claimed to be the sine qua non of alternative organizing. In conclusion, we hypothesize that both functions of trust may be operative in mainstream organizations as well, although the depoliticizing function is clearly more prevalent.

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Section: The Politics Of Trust In Alternative Organizationsmentioning

confidence: 60%

The Politics of Trust: How trust reconciles autonomy and solidarity in alternative organizations

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Just

2022

Organization Theory

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“…The concept of timeliness, we argue, helps explain how project managers and policymakers may influence the connection between exploration and scaling. In contrast to prior research using the concept of timing (Dille & Söderlund, 2011;Ika & Pinto, 2022), implying an ability to infer the right time vis-à-vis the environment of a project, the notion of timeliness emphasizes how actors may not only infer but also enact timing (see also Garud et al, 2011;Geraldi et al, 2020;Jarvenpaa & Välikangas, 2022;Lantz & Just, 2021). Whereas the concept of timing suggests that project success may depend on whether a project and its outcomes are or are not timely, the concept of timeliness, as we use it here, denotes that actors may make a project timely through how they draw connections to other past and future events or activities.…”

Section: The Role Of Projects In the Green Transitionmentioning

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The Temporality of Project Success: Vindeby, the World’s First Offshore Wind Farm

Feddersen,

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Geraldi

2023

Project Management Journal

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This article advances a temporal understanding of project success through a process study of Vindeby, an exploratory project developing the world’s first offshore wind farm. Pursuing a situated temporal view, our findings reveal how actors constructed Vindeby’s success differently when seeing the project as future, present, and past and how these constructions mutually shaped each other. Adding to prior literature adopting an over-time or in-time perspective, we develop a through-time perspective of project success and a model explaining the interplay of the three perspectives. We discuss how projects may serve as temporal stepping stones toward sustainable futures in the green transition and propose ways for project managers and policymakers to nurture this potential.

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“…Kairotic moments, therefore, require leaders to have a deep understanding of nuanced situational contexts which may be specific to the sector, region, or organizations in which they work. Additionally, research by Lantz and Just (2021) found that "kairos is an ongoing and collective process in which organizational actors can influence the organization while also becoming influenced by the organizational context" (p. 12). Therefore, organizations and their leaders are both influenced by and shape the social contexts in which they operate.…”

Section: Mining's Situational Contingenciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…When considering EDI advancement, consistency and the psychological safety of subordinates are also critical. For leaders in mining to advance organizational EDI strategies, they will also need to be able to consistently and credibly interpret the past, present, and future values, practices, and priorities of an organization to the greater workforce (Lantz & Just, 2021). As mentioned previously, the mining industry highly values health and safety (Peltier-Huntley, 2022).…”

Section: Group Total Men Womenmentioning

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Responding to the Kairotic Moment: Advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Through Allyship in Canadian Mining

2023

JLAE

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Organizations are seeking to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) to attract and retain their workforce. To support the mining sector's transition from a traditionally male-dominated workforce, The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has developed new EDI accountability frameworks. In this paper, I argue that Canadian mining organizations and their leaders are experiencing a kairotic momentan opportune moment in time requiring actionand need to respond accordingly. Now that the window of opportunity has opened, mining leaders need to act, both to support organizational change efforts and in everyday allyship actions. This article holds significance to equip transformational change-agents.

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Getting the timing right: Kairos as the rhetorical framing of time

Cited by 6 publications

References 81 publications

The Politics of Trust: How trust reconciles autonomy and solidarity in alternative organizations

The Politics of Trust: How trust reconciles autonomy and solidarity in alternative organizations

The Temporality of Project Success: Vindeby, the World’s First Offshore Wind Farm

Responding to the Kairotic Moment: Advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Through Allyship in Canadian Mining

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