Bansal, Pratima Tima, Reinecke, Juliane, Suddaby, Roy 
ORCID: 0000-0002-9167-9180 and Langley, Ann
(2022)
Temporal Work: The Strategic Organization of Time.
Strategic Organization, 20 (1).
pp. 6-19.
Abstract
<jats:p> Time and temporality are central to strategy and strategic management. Yet, relatively little attention has been paid to what organizational members do to shape temporal phenomena that are important for strategic outcomes. In this essay, we define temporal work as any individual, collective, or organizational effort to influence, sustain or redirect the temporal assumptions and patterns that shape strategic action, and we introduce the seven articles in this special issue that explore this concept. Building on the rich insights emerging from these articles, we show how temporal work acts on temporal assumptions by shaping perceptions and interpretations, reorients patterns through temporal structures underpinning action, and influences the value associated with time. This is achieved through various combinations of temporal talk, temporal practices and temporal objects. By focusing on the role of human agency in shaping temporal phenomena, the notion of temporal work opens up exciting opportunities for research on issues that are critical for the future of organizations and society. </jats:p>
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Divisions: | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Management |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 25 May 2022 10:32 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2023 21:01 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/14761270221081332 |
| Open Access URL: | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/147612702... |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3155464 |
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