TY - JOUR
T1 - The Banality of Organizational Innovations
T2 - Embracing the Substance–Process Duality
AU - Garud, Raghu
AU - Turunen, Marja
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/1/2
Y1 - 2017/1/2
N2 - Organizational phenomena are dogged by a paradox that originates from the substance–process duality. Should we view phenomena as substances or as processes? We propose that there is utility in viewing them as both. Such a view, when applied to innovations and organizations, highlights the interrelationship between the two. To theorize about this interrelationship, we offer narratives of innovations as intra-active boundary objects as a way to entertain the banality of organizational innovations.
AB - Organizational phenomena are dogged by a paradox that originates from the substance–process duality. Should we view phenomena as substances or as processes? We propose that there is utility in viewing them as both. Such a view, when applied to innovations and organizations, highlights the interrelationship between the two. To theorize about this interrelationship, we offer narratives of innovations as intra-active boundary objects as a way to entertain the banality of organizational innovations.
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U2 - 10.1080/14479338.2016.1258996
DO - 10.1080/14479338.2016.1258996
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84999854435
SN - 1447-9338
VL - 19
SP - 31
EP - 38
JO - Innovation: Organization and Management
JF - Innovation: Organization and Management
IS - 1
ER -