Existing research on sensemaking during organizational crises has identified retrospective processes in which actors give meaning to what has happened, thus reducing uncertainty and enabling action. While sensemaking is ...

Organisations have increasingly turned to new technologies to facilitate discussion, aid decision-making, increase participation and engagement, and to share information and views. Recently, collaborative web-based te ...

This research explores the leadership constructs of global leaders and Chinese managers in multi-national corporations (MNCs) in order to understand whether their constructs are misaligned, and if so, in what ways. To ...

The principal issue of interest underpinning this study is captured in the assertion of Heifetz et al. (2009) who stated that the most common cause of organizational failure is a consequence of treating complex problems ...

This thesis is concerned with what pervasive risk management is, and how it can be achieved in practice. Specifically, it examines the effect of social processes and cultural factors on how risk management can be coordinated ...

The capacity to innovate is commonly regarded as a key response mechanism, a critical organisational competence for success, even survival, for organisations operating in turbulent conditions. Understanding how innovation ...

Since the turn of the century interest has grown in alternative models of leadership to reflect increased complexity and ambiguity, the need to respond faster to complex market conditions, and new patterns of accountability, ...