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Chapter 36 - Participation in Strategy Work

from Part V - Substantive Topic Areas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2025

By
Pikka-Maaria Laine  and
Eero Vaara
Edited by
Damon Golsorkhi ,
Linda Rouleau ,
David Seidl  and
Eero Vaara
Damon Golsorkhi
Affiliation:
emlyon Business School
Linda Rouleau
Affiliation:
HEC Montréal
David Seidl
Affiliation:
Universität Zürich
Eero Vaara
Affiliation:
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
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Summary

Pikka-Maaria Laine and Eero Vaara examine participation in strategy research in general and in strategy as practice research in particular. Participation is arguably a key issue of strategizing but has received relatively little explicit attention in strategy as practice research. The authors differentiate four perspectives on participation: participation as a non-issue, participation as part of strategy process dynamics, participation as produced in and through organizational practices, and participation as an issue of subjectivity. The authors then offer ideas for future research on participation. These include extending strategic agency to non-managerial actors, focusing on co-orientation in the interaction of actors in multifaceted strategy processes, analyzing institutional and cultural differences in participation, studying socio-materiality and its role in enabling or promoting participation, analyzing polyphony and dialogicality, and developing the critical perspectives needed to deal more comprehensively with issues such as resistance and empowerment.

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Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice , pp. 655 - 673
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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