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Título Revista
Business Horizons
Ano (publicação definitiva)
2023
Língua
Inglês
País
Países Baixos (Holanda)
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Abstract/Resumo
Integration of paradoxes, comprising interdependent yet contradictory tensions such as those of stability and change, learning and performing, or the individual and the collective, have been recently recognized as sources of synergy and competitive advantage. When adequately navigated, paradoxes may promote innovation, favoring generative complementarities. Not all paradoxes, however, have such generative effects. Pragmatic paradoxes, or managerially imposed contradictory demands that must be disobeyed to be obeyed, tend create paralyzing catch-22 situations. Like weeds, pragmatic paradoxes may also grow alongside the generative type. We explore the conditions in which pragmatic paradoxes become invasive in organizations, identify their main characteristics and symptoms, discuss their roots, and recommend potential approaches for their eradication.
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Palavras-chave
Organizational paradoxes,Pragmatic paradoxes,Catch-22 situations,Kafkaesque organizations,Generative paradoxes
Classificação Fields of Science and Technology
- Economia e Gestão - Ciências Sociais
