emerald PUBLISHING Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Organizational Paradox: Learning from Belief and Science: 73, Part A (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 73, Part A)

Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Organizational Paradox is an innovative two-part volume that enriches our understanding about paradox; both deepening the theory and offering greater insight to address the grand challenges we face in the world today. Authors demonstrate how paradox theory benefits from interdisciplinary theorizing by reaching out to disciplines beyond organizational theory and exploring best practice in undertaking such research. The 13 chapters in this double volume draw from four disciplinary realms: beliefs, physicality, expression, and social structure. Unique commentaries from thought leaders expand and assess the focal pieces of each volume. Part A: Learning from Belief and Science, explores the realms of beliefs - from Ubuntu, Ying-Yang, Christian and Islamic philosophies - and physicality - from quantum mechanics, technology, to ecology - with reflective commentaries from Jean M. Bartunek and Mary Frohlich, and Andrew Van de Ven. About the Author Rebecca Bednarek is an Associate Professor at Victoria University Wellington. She studies paradoxes and strategizing practices within science systems and financial markets and has written extensively about qualitative methods. Miguel Pina e Cunha is the Fundação Amélia de Mello Professor at Nova School of Business and Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. His work deals with three Ps of organizing: process, paradox, positivity. Jonathan Schad is Lecturer in Strategy and Organisation Theory at King’s Business School, King’s College London, UK. His research uses paradox theory to better understand the fundamental tensions contemporary organizations confront. Wendy K. Smith is Professor of Management at University of Delaware, USA. She studies paradoxes, exploring how leaders navigate strategic paradoxes such as tensions between exploration and exploitation or social missions and financial demands.