Cabantous, L., Gond, J.P. and Wright, A. (2018) The performativity of strategy: Taking stock and moving ahead. Long Range Planning, 51 (3). pp. 407-416. ISSN 0024-6301
Abstract
This special issue groups a set of contributions that together question and extend the boundaries of strategy research by examining strategy work as a performative pursuit. In this introduction, we position the special issue papers within the broader context of performativity studies in organization and management theory. To do so, we ground the analysis of the performativity of strategy in the recent developments of strategy-as-practice research, clarify the ambitions of a performative turn in the study of strategy, introduce the plurality of performativity meanings and uses in prior research and specify the conceptualizations of performativity mobilized in the seven contributions that form this special issue. Taking stock of their rich insights, and reflecting on our editing of this special issue, we then identify key challenges underlying the constitution of the body of studies on the performativity of strategy, and propose three avenues of research that together sketch a research agenda for advancing the study of strategy as a performative endeavour.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Authors/Creators: |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Elsevier. |
Keywords: | Performativity; Strategy; Strategy as practice; Research agenda |
Dates: |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 02 Nov 2018 14:34 |
Last Modified: | 02 Nov 2018 14:34 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2018.03.002 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.lrp.2018.03.002 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:138123 |