“Paradox” appears increasingly in organization studies, often to describe conflicting
demands, opposing perspectives, or seemingly illogical findings. This article helps …

Paradox theory stands at an exciting moment in organization and management theory.
Scholars increasingly seek out insights about the nature and management of contradictory …

Paradoxes, contrary propositions that are not contestable separately but that are
inconsistent when conjoined, constitute a pervasive feature of contemporary organizational …

Paradox studies offer vital and timely insights into an array of organizational tensions. Yet
this field stands at a critical juncture. Over the past 25 years, management scholars have …

Paradox literature is emerging as one of the most vital streams in management studies, but it
is affected by some growing pains. First, the concept of paradox is still too fuzzy, which …

The notion of paradox dates back to ancient philosophy, yet only recently have scholars
started to explore this idea in organizational phenomena. Two decades ago, a handful of …

Organizations are rife with tensions—flexibility versus control, exploration versus
exploitation, autocracy versus democracy, social versus financial, global versus local …

As organizational environments become more global, dynamic, and competitive,
contradictory demands intensify. To understand and explain such tensions, academics and …

Competing tensions and demands pervade our work lives. Accumulating research examines
organizational and leadership approaches to leveraging these tensions. But what about …

We present a typology and process model that integrate dialectical and paradox
perspectives on managing contradictions in organizations. Whereas paradox research …