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Tekijä:Whittle, A.
Mueller, F.
Otsikko:Intra-preneurship and enrolment: building networks of ideas
Lehti:Organization
2008 : MAY, VOL. 15:3, p. 445-462
Asiasana:enterprise
networks
entrepreneurship
organizational behaviour
consultants
Vapaa asiasana:identity
actor network theory
mediator
Kieli:eng
Tiivistelmä:In this article the authors provides an actor-network perspective on organizational entrepreneurship. The analysis draws mainly upon the findings of an in-depth study of management consultants in UK telecommunications firm. This paper pays attention to the subjectivity of network-builders and highlights the link to organizational power and politics. The consultants acted as mediators by enthusiastically seeking to build and maintain a network around the idea. The findings reveal that the success of the enrolment process is the key to understanding thriving of ideas.
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