The Relevance Challenge in Management and Organization Studies: Bringing Organization Development Back In

Cummings, Thomas G.; Cummings, Chailin

doi:10.1177/0021886320961855

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“…This is not the first crisis or disaster that challenges our thinking, considering the Great Recession, the Spanish Flu pandemic, the OPEC oil price shocks, among other crises. As researchers, this introspection and deconstruction is what we do in building dialogue and interpretation on practice and on process (Langley et al, 2009), especially in keeping with long established corpus of organization development (Cummings & Cummings, 2020). It is this process of sensemaking and deconstruction, however, that is precisely the basis of our challenge for change research; having reflected and introspected on changes previously, we continue to rely on comfortable, straitjacket thinking to deal with change.…”

Section: The Covid Test: Change Research Is Comfortablementioning

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When The Dodo Became Extinct: Why Rethinking Change Should Not Take A Pandemic

Schwarz

Bouckenooghe

2020

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

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The degree of transformative change occurring in organizations due to the COVID-19 pandemic is extensive, with large-scale downsizing, rightsizing, workplace changes, structural transformation, and a general unease taking place. The sheer scale of these changes has not been seen for a generation. Technically, this situation represents an opportunity for organizational change researchers to dive deep and make sense of what has occurred to organizations globally, particularly because we already have the tools to understand change and transformation, what it looks like, how to manage it, and ways of reorienting to it. The assumption is that we have the instruments and knowledge to make sense, interpret, and deal with the challenges of Coronavirus wrought change. Yet it is precisely the unprecedented magnitude of this change taking place and the call for a response with quick fixes restoring the "normal" that also increases the risk for change scholarship of conforming new change to old models. As a provocation, this editorial note calls out what it is that change research does, of template matching and modularity. Change research coexists with a degree of comfort that has become an existential problem for the field and its researchers. With this note, we promote a call to arms-raising challenging questions for challenging times. It is time to rethink how we "do change." We don't provide answers. And that's precisely the point, because tackling what we don't know should be the outcome of collective intellectual effort. It's What We Know. When a Straitjacket Is Convention "But she must have a prize herself, you know," said the Mouse. "Of course," the Dodo replied very gravely.

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Section: The Covid Test: Change Research Is Comfortablementioning

confidence: 97%

When The Dodo Became Extinct: Why Rethinking Change Should Not Take A Pandemic

Schwarz

Bouckenooghe

2020

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

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“…There have been increasing calls within management and organizational studies for research impact on grand societal challenges to “make the world a better place” (George et al, 2016; Harley & Fleming, 2021, p.133). The consensus is that our field still falls short in this regard (Banks et al, 2016; Cummings & Cummings, 2020; Harley & Fleming, 2021). Reasons for this include institutional barriers (e.g.…”

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Delivering impact via the ebb-and-flow of a research team: Reflection on a long-term program of research into a global societal challenge*

Bednarek,

Cacciatori,

Chalkias

et al. 2023

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

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In this paper, we draw insights from a 15-year qualitative research program exploring catastrophe insurance and gaps in insurance protection as risks escalate within a world impacted by a climate emergency. We suggest that the ebb-and-flow of our research team's composition and activities through time was inextricably linked with our ability to have a sustained impact on such a large-scale societal issue. The essay situates itself within the research impact and team literature, narrates the trajectory of our research program and team development, and develops a framework for effectively managing impact-oriented qualitative research teams over time. Our framework illustrates key aspects of this process including team (re)forming, building team and individual stickability, performing, and managing team flux. We also present 10 practical takeaways for how these aspects can be managed effectively to produce long-term impact work to address grand challenges.

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“…wanted to do, that is caring for their families and their careers at work place especially young mothers. In the Late 1960's the aspect of work life balance was increased due to concerns about the effects of work on the general wellbeing of employees, up until the mid-1970's, where employers concern was on work design and working conditions improvement (Cummings & Cummings, 2020). Maertz and Boyar (2009) cited in Agono ( 2022) defines work-life balance as a specific set of organizational practices, policies, programmes, plus a philosophy, which actively supports efforts to help employees achieve success both at work and at home.…”

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Work Life Balance and Employee Commitment in Indigenous Oil Servicing Companies in Rivers State

Georgewill

2023

JHRL

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This study examined the relationship between work life balance and employee commitment in indigenous oil servicing companies in Rivers State. The study adopted a cross-sectional research survey design. Primary source was generated through self- administered questionnaire. The population of the study is 270 employees of twenty-four (24) selected indigenous oil servicing companies in Rivers State. The sample size of 161 was determined using the Taro Yamane’s formula for sample size determination. The reliability of the instrument was achieved by the use of the Cronbach Alpha coefficient with all the items scoring above 0.70 selected. The hypotheses were tested using the Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Coefficient. The results of the analysed data revealed that there is a significant relationship between work environment and employee commitment in indigenous oil servicing companies in Rivers State. The study thus concludes that work life balance significantly influences employee commitment in indigenous oil servicing companies in Rivers State. Therefore, the study recommends that indigenous oil servicing companies should adopt policies that encourage work life balance practices such as flexible work arrangements, family responsibilities support, and wellness programs. The considerations of childcare, dependent care and allowing employees more time with their families which are issues that characterize employee’s role at home should be encouraged. Keywords: Work Life Balance, Affective Commitment, Normative Commitment and Continuance Commitment

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The Relevance Challenge in Management and Organization Studies: Bringing Organization Development Back In

Cited by 10 publications

References 106 publications

When The Dodo Became Extinct: Why Rethinking Change Should Not Take A Pandemic

When The Dodo Became Extinct: Why Rethinking Change Should Not Take A Pandemic

Delivering impact via the ebb-and-flow of a research team: Reflection on a long-term program of research into a global societal challenge*

Work Life Balance and Employee Commitment in Indigenous Oil Servicing Companies in Rivers State

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