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| Author: | Berglund, J. Strannegård, L. Tillberg, U. |
| Title: | High-touch and high-tech - paradoxical narratives in a bank merger |
| Journal: | Scandinavian Journal of Management
2004 : DEC, VOL. 20:4, p. 335-355 |
| Index terms: | bank mergers change |
| Freeterms: | narratives paradox |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article examines the role of paradoxes as narrative devices in organizational contexts. A merger between two banks is used to illustrate managers employing paradoxes to construct meaning and to influence future actions of organizational members. It is argued that when paradoxes are reshaped as hybrids, they provide a buffer between conflicting arguments. By employing hybrids, organizational storytellers facilitate links between existing and desired mental frameworks, thus potentially rendering transitions and changes less friction-prone. |
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