2021
DOI: 10.1177/14761270211034515
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Pulled in all directions: Open strategy participation as an attention contest

Abstract: In this article, we investigate a crucial factor in open strategy research: participation. By drawing on the attention-based view, we argue that the degree of participation in both analog and digital practices of open strategy is the result of “attention contests.” These attention contests arise as the attention structure of Open Strategy initiatives (as quasi-temporary organizations) and the attention structure of the main organization compete for actors’ limited attention. As these attention structures colli… Show more

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“…Recently, researchers have shown an increased interest in the open strategy (OS) stream of research (Adobor 2021;Brielmaier and Friesl 2021;Ohlson and Yakis-Douglas 2019;Seidl et al 2019). The OS concept established by Whittington and coauthors (2011) emerged from contesting the approach present in strategic management, assuming that the strategymaking process is secretive and elitist, reserved for a select, narrow group of top managers.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recently, researchers have shown an increased interest in the open strategy (OS) stream of research (Adobor 2021;Brielmaier and Friesl 2021;Ohlson and Yakis-Douglas 2019;Seidl et al 2019). The OS concept established by Whittington and coauthors (2011) emerged from contesting the approach present in strategic management, assuming that the strategymaking process is secretive and elitist, reserved for a select, narrow group of top managers.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Scholars have drawn heavily on the concept of attention structures and attention regulators (e.g. Brielmaier & Friesl, 2021; Ren & Guo, 2011; Stevens et al., 2015), while research on one of Ocasio's (1997) key concepts, ‘situated attention’, is in its infancy. Thus, this paper consolidates previous research and moves ‘situated attention’ to the centre of attention.…”
Section: Historical Background and Theoretical Foundations Of The Abvmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These competitions arise related to the structure of attention of the main organization and compete for the limited attention of professionals (Ocasio, 1997;Simon, 1947). These structures shape how and to what extent they direct their attention to certain events and, therefore, how they behave strategically, that is, organizations' attention structures influence the degree of participation and choices of professionals (Ren & Guo, 2011;Brielmaier & Friesl, 2021). The attention structures consist of four attention regulators, which are fundamental to understanding the participation in the operating system (Table 16).…”
Section: Conceptual Model and Study Hypothesismentioning
confidence: 99%