TOWARD A THEORY OF PARADOX: A DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM MODEL OF ORGANIZING

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Smith, Wendy K.; Lewis, Marianne W.
• 署名单位: University of Delaware; University System of Ohio; University of Cincinnati
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2011.59330958
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: 381-403
• 关键词: ORGANIZATIONAL AMBIDEXTERITY; POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; exploration; IDENTITY; management; exploitation; INNOVATION; work; capabilities; performance

摘要

As organizational environments become more global, dynamic, and competitive, contradictory demands intensify. To understand and explain such tensions, academics and practitioners are increasingly adopting a paradox lens. We review the paradox literature, categorizing types and highlighting fundamental debates. We then present a dynamic equilibrium model of organizing, which depicts how cyclical responses to paradoxical tensions enable sustainability-peak performance in the present that enables success in the future. This review and the model provide the foundation of a theory of paradox.