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View article: Governance, Social Acceptability, and Organizational Learning in Public Infrastructure Projects
Governance, Social Acceptability, and Organizational Learning in Public Infrastructure Projects Open
While public infrastructure projects face frequent challenges related to social acceptability, the relationship between these projects’ governance and social acceptability has been overlooked. Yet, governance plays a crucial role in genera…
View article: Intentionality and Attentionality Dynamics in an Institutional Change Process
Intentionality and Attentionality Dynamics in an Institutional Change Process Open
In this article, we explore how actors' intentionality emerges, develops, and co‐evolves with institutional change. Although intentions are essential in shaping institutional change agents' motivations and actions, our understanding of the…
View article: Shades of Cultural Marginalization: Cultural Survival and Autonomy Processes
Shades of Cultural Marginalization: Cultural Survival and Autonomy Processes Open
The recent rise in extremism, authoritarianism, displacement and isolationism signals troubled times for the most marginalized groups in societies. In this article, our primary emphasis is on a specific aspect of marginalization within org…
View article: Project legitimacy: Towards a theoretical framework
Project legitimacy: Towards a theoretical framework Open
Scholars have greatly improved our understanding of legitimacy and legitimation processes in recent years. Focusing mainly on organizations and institutional fields, mainstream organizational legitimacy theories assume that organizations a…
View article: Social license to operate: An integrative framework
Social license to operate: An integrative framework Open
The literature generically addresses controversies related to the lack of social acceptance of projects, generally overlooking their specificities. We argue instead that each trajectory of social acceptance (or lack thereof) is unique. Thi…
View article: Prelims
Prelims Open
Citation (2022), "Prelims", Birdthistle, N. and Hales, R. (Ed.) Attaining the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal of Quality Education (Family Businesses on a Mission), Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. i-xix. https://doi.org/10.1108/…
View article: Exploring the Process of Policy Overreaction: The COVID-19 Lockdown Decisions
Exploring the Process of Policy Overreaction: The COVID-19 Lockdown Decisions Open
Policy overreaction is a common phenomenon, especially in complex and emergency situations where politicians are led to make decisions fast. In these emergency decisions, emotions run generally high and cognitive processes are often impair…
View article: Managing project sustainability in the extractive industries: Towards a reciprocity framework for community engagement
Managing project sustainability in the extractive industries: Towards a reciprocity framework for community engagement Open
Merely a peripheral discussion in project management up until recent years, sustainability has become a central issue in both academia and practice. Despite growing interest and research on sustainable project management, we still know lit…
View article: National Identity and Organizational Identity in Algeria: Interactions and Influences
National Identity and Organizational Identity in Algeria: Interactions and Influences Open
This article examines how national identity influences organizational identity. The interactions and influences between these two identity levels have been underexplored in the identity literature. However, given the national and geographi…
View article: The Spatiotemporal Dimension of the Social License to Operate: The Case of a Landfill Facility in Algeria
The Spatiotemporal Dimension of the Social License to Operate: The Case of a Landfill Facility in Algeria Open
Although the spatiotemporal dimension of social license to operate (SLO) issues is underexplored, the collective memory of a local community and the territorial anchoring of tensions are important factors in the SLO trajectory. Through the…
View article: Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Organizational Tensions: When Marginality and Entrepreneurship Meet
Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Organizational Tensions: When Marginality and Entrepreneurship Meet Open
This article explores how marginality influences indigenous entrepreneurship through tensions that emerge from the constant threat of seeing indigenous cultures fade away. Based on a qualitative study in Quebec, this article theorizes a pr…
View article: Institutional Change as a Discovery Process Through the Development of Awareness
Institutional Change as a Discovery Process Through the Development of Awareness Open
Our understanding of institutional change has evolved considerably in recent years, moving from an entrepreneurial and agentic view to a more unintentional view of change. What is however lacking is a better understanding of the process le…