Organizing through Time: Paradox and History

Stewart Clegg; Miguel Pina e Cunha; Charles Harvey; Mairi Maclean; Alvaro Ferreira da Silva

doi:10.1080/00076791.2025.2461064

Organizing through Time: Paradox and History

Stewart Clegg, Miguel Pina e Cunha, Charles Harvey, Mairi Maclean, Alvaro Ferreira da Silva

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Abstract

This special issue represents the first effort to bridge paradox theory and historical analysis further. Its goal is to create a fertile environment for advancing the historical study of organisations by contributing to discussions on various research topics where organisations, paradoxes, and temporality intersect. Defining organisational paradoxes as interdependent contradictions that persist over time contains an immediate plea for applying historical thinking and methodologies. The collection of papers included in this special issue illustrates that exploring paradoxes in business history is a promising research avenue.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-17
Number of pages	17
Journal	Business History
Early online date	12 Feb 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2025.2461064
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 12 Feb 2025

Funding

This work was funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (UIDB/00124/2020, UIDP/00124/2020, UID/00124, Nova School of Business and Economics and Social Sciences DataLab - PINFRA/22209/2016), POR Lisboa and POR Norte (Social Sciences DataLab, PINFRA/22209/2016).

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Business history, paradox theory, organisations, temporality

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