Griffin, M. orcid.org/0000-0002-8574-7917 (2022) Learning to "live the paradox" in a democratic organization: a deliberative approach to paradox mindsets. Academy of Management Learning and Education. ISSN 1944-9585
Abstract
Paradox mindsets have been proposed as a way of increasing capacity to deal with the competing tensions that present themselves in organizational life. It has been argued that having a paradox mindset can help individuals to work creatively and productively with tensions to produce solutions. Increasingly paradox scholars have also began to highlight the relational element of paradox mindsets, how we work through paradoxes with others. Less explored, however, is how individuals explore paradoxes through collective processes that help them to understand the tensions that they are experiencing. This paper offers a deliberative approach to paradox mindsets that integrates individual development with the novel forms of collective deliberation that are a feature of democratic organizations (those that use collective and deliberative decision-making procedures). Based on the learning processes involved in our own experiences, in setting up a democratic organization, we consider how paradoxes became more salient through collective collaboration with experienced practitioners within the field. We offer suggestions to how management education can be developed to help practitioners begin the process of learning to live with and indeed thrive, collectively, in paradoxical situations.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Academy of Management Learning & Education. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Academy of Management Learning & Education. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Paradox; Critical Management Studies; Management learning |
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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: | 25 Feb 2022 10:51 |
Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2024 08:43 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Academy of Management |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.5465/amle.2020.0238 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:184117 |
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