A list of academic papers authored or co-authored by Haridimos Tsoukas. Results are shown in reverse chronological order (newest first). Downloadable pdfs and external links to bibliographic databases or bookstores are provided where available.
Want a more ethical team? Build expertise, not just guidelines
Sloan Management Review, April, 3rd, 2024
Judgment in business and management research: Shedding new light on a familiar concept
Academy of Management Annals
How does embodiment enable the acquisition of tacit knowledge in organizations? From Polanyi to Merleau-Ponty
Organization Studies, published online
What is the right thing to do? The constitutive role of organizational ethical frameworks in collective ethical sensemaking
Human Relations, published online
Beyond tacit knowledge: How Michael Polanyi’s theory of knowledge illuminates theory development in organizational research
Academy of Management Review, published on line
Afterword: Analogy all the way down: Analogical thinking is at the core of understanding organizations interpretively.
In A. Örtenblad (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Metaphor in Organization Studies, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Understanding extended narrative sensemaking: How police officers accomplish story work
Organization, 30(4):730–753
Struggling to make sense of it all: The emotional process of sensemaking following an extreme incident
Human Relations, 76(3): 420-451
Beyond rational persuasion: How leaders change moral norms
Journal of Business Ethics, 184 (3):589-603
Afterword: Why and how phenomenology matters to organizational research.
In F.-X. de Vaujany, J. Aroles & M. Pérezts (Eds.) The Oxford handbook of Phenomenologies and Organization Studies, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.707-718
The performative “picture”: Thinking about change as if change mattered.
In M.S. Poole & A. H. Van de Ven (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Change and Innovation, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.847-856
Process theorizing and routine dynamics: The case for performative phenomenology
In M. S. Feldman, B. T. Pentland, L. D’ Adderio, K. Dittrich, C. Rerup & D. Seidl (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Routine Dynamics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 37-48
Time, temporality and history in organization studies: An introduction
In Reinecke, J., Suddaby, R., Langley, A. & Tsoukas, H. (Eds.) Time, Temporality, and History in Process Organization Studies, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-14
Leadership, The American Academy of Management, and President Trump’s travel ban: A case study in moral imagination
Journal of Business Ethics, 163: 1-10
Sensemaking reconsidered: Towards a broader understanding through phenomenology
Organization Theory, 1:1-34 [winner of the James March Prize, awarded by EGOS, July 2020]
Organizing risk: Organization and management theory for the risk society
Academy of Management Annals, 14/2: 1032-1066
On the way to Ithaka: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Publication of Karl E. Weick’s "The Social Psychology of Organizing"
Journal of Management Studies, 57/7: 1315-1436
Introduction: Institutions and organizations: A process view
In Reay, T., Zilber, T.B., Langley, A. & Tsoukas, H. (Eds.) (2019) Institutions and Organizations: A Process View, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.1-11
When fiction trumps truth: what ‘post-truth’ and ‘alternative facts’ mean for management studies
Organization Studies, 40(2):183-197
Towards a better understanding of tacit knowledge in organizations: Taking stock and moving forward
Academy of Management Annals, 13:672-703
Introduction
In M. Farjoun, W. Smith, A. Langley, & H. Tsoukas, (Eds.), Dualities, Dialectics, and Paradoxes in Organizational Life, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.1-13
From agility to antifragility: Coping with the unknowable
In C. Prange & L. Heracleous (eds.) Agility X: How Organizations Thrive in Unpredictable Times, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.43-53
Praxis, character, and competence: From a behavioral to a communitarian view of the firm. In M. Augier, C. Fang, and V. P. Rindova (Eds.)
Behavioral Strategy in Perspective (Advances in Strategic Management, volume 39), Emerald Publishing, pp.181-194
Strategy and virtue: Developing strategy-as-practice through virtue ethics
Strategic Organization, 16: 323-351
Introduction: Process thinking, process theorizing and process researching
In A. Langley & H. Tsoukas (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Process Organization Studies, London: Sage, pp.1-25.
On organizational circularity: Vicious and virtues cycles in organizing
In W. Smith, M.W. Lewis, P. Jarzabkowski & A. Langley (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of Organizational Paradox. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.393-412
Rethinking dynamic capabilities: How differences in understanding the dynamic capabilities construct may be reconciled through process research
In J. Sandberg, L. Rouleau, A. Langley & H. Tsoukas (Eds.). Skillful Performance: Enacting Expertise, Competence and Capabilities in Organizations, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 160-183
Introduction: Skillful performance: Enacting capabilities, knowledge, competence and expertise in organizations
In J. Sandberg, L. Rouleau, A. Langley & H. Tsoukas (Eds.). Skillful Performance: Enacting Expertise, Competence and Capabilities in Organizations, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.1-24
Don’t simplify, complexify: From disjunctive to conjunctive theorizing in organization and management studies
Journal of Management Studies, 54/2, pp. 132-153
Introduction: Advancing a process perspective on routines by zooming out and zooming in
In J. Howard-Grenville, C. Rerup, A. Langley & H. Tsoukas (Eds.). Organizational Routines: How They Are Created, Maintained, and Changed, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-22
The power of the particular: Towards an organization science of singularities
In T. Corcoran and J. Cromby (Eds.), Joint Action: Essays in Honour of John Shotter, London: Routledge, pp. 153-172
The “metaphor” metaphor: Educating practitioners for reflective judgment
In A. Ortenblad, K. Trehan, & L. Putnam (Eds.) Exploring Morgan’s Metaphors: Theory, Research, and Practice in Organization Studies, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp.217-225
Practice theory: What it is, its philosophical base, and what it offers organization studies
in Mir, R., Willmott, H. & Greenwood, M. (Eds.) The Routledge Companion to Philosophy in Organization Studies, London: Routledge, 2016
Making strategy: Meta-theoretical insights from Heideggerian phenomenology
In D. Golsorkhi, L. Rouleau, D. Seidl & E. Vaara (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2nd Edition, pp.58-77
Introduction: How does novelty emerge?
In R. Garud, B. Simpson, A. Langley & H. Tsoukas (Eds.), The Emergence of Novelty in Organizations, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.1-26
Practice theory: what it is, its philosophical base, and what it offers organization studies
In R. Mir, W. Paterson, H. Willmott & M. Greenwood (Eds.) The Routledge Companion to Philosophy in Organization Studies, London: Routledge, pp. 184-198
How is new organizational knowledge created in a virtual context? An ethnographic study
Organization Studies, 36(5): 593-620
Reforming the state: Understanding the vicious circles of reform
European Management Journal, 33(4): 225-229
Making strategy: Meta-theoretical insights from Heideggerian phenomenology
in Golsorkhi, D., Rouleau, L., Seidl, D. & Vaara, E. (2015), Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015, pp 58-77
Introduction: How does novelty emerge?
in R. Garud, B. Simpson, A. Langley & H. Tsoukas (Eds.), The Emergence of Novelty in Organizations, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, pp 1-26
Language and communication at work: Discourse, narrativity and organizing – Introducing the fourth volume of “Perspectives on Process Organization Studies”
in F. Cooren, E. Vaara, A. Langley & H. Tsoukas (Eds.), Language and Communication at Work: Discourse, Narrativity, and Organizing, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, pp. 1-16
Performing phronesis: On the way to engaged judgment
Management Learning, 2014, 45(4): 377-396
Making sense of the sensemaking perspective: Its constituents, limitations, and opportunities for further development
Journal of Organizational Behavior, (2014)
In Search of Phronesis: Leadership and the Art of Judgment
Academy of Management Learning & Education, 2014, 13(2), 224–243
Enacting Reforms: Towards an Enactive Theory
in S. Kalyvas, G. Pagoulatos, H. Tsoukas (Eds) «From Stagnation to Forced Adjustments: Reforms in Greece, 1974-2010», Columbia University Press, New York, 2013, pp 1-7
Introduction: From Stagnation to Forced Adjustments
in S. Kalyvas, G. Pagoulatos, H. Tsoukas (Eds) «From Stagnation to Forced Adjustments: Reforms in Greece, 1974-2010», Columbia University Press, New York, 2013, pp 1-7
How Matter Matters: Objects, Artifacts, and Materiality in Organization Studies
in P. R. Carlile, D. Nicolini, A. Langley, H. Tsoukas (Eds): «How Matter Matters: Objects, Artifacts, and Materiality in Organization Studies», Oxford University Press, 2013, pp 1-15
Organization as Chaosmos
in F. Cooren and D. Robichaud (Eds), «Organization and Organizing: Materiality, Agency and Discourse», Routledge, 2013, pp 52-65
Understanding the (Re)Creation of Routines from Within: A Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
Academy of Management Review, 2013, 38(2), 181-205
Process Studies of Change in Organization and Management: Unveiling Temporality, Activity and Flow
Academy of Management Journal, 2013, 56(1), 1-13
Constructing Identity In and Around Organizations
in M. Schultz, S. Maguire, A. Langley, H. Tsoukas (Eds), «Constructing Identity In and Around Organizations», Oxford University Press, 2012, pp 1-18
Theory as therapy: Wittgensteinian reminders for reflective theorizing in organization studies
in Haridimos Tsoukas, Robert Chia (Εds) «Philosophy & Organization Theory (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, vol. 32)», Emerald, 2011, pp 311-342
Introduction: Why philosophy matters to organization theory
in Haridimos Tsoukas, Robert Chia (Εds) «Philosophy & Organization Theory (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, vol. 32)», Emerald, 2011, pp.1-21
Complex Thought, Simple Talk: An Ecological Approach to Language-Based Change in Organizations
in P. Allen, S. Maguire, B. McKelvey «The SAGE Handbook of Complexity and Management», SAGE, 2011, pp 333-348
How should we understand tacit knowledge? A phenomenological view
in M. Easterby-Smith, M. Lyles (Eds) «Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management», Wiley, 2011, pp 453-476
Introduction to the Special Issue: Towards the Ecological Style: Embracing Complexity in Organizational Research
Organization Studies, 2011, 32(6), 729-735
Grasping the Logic of Practice: Theorizing through Practical Rationality
Academy of Management Review, 2011, 36(2), 338-360
Practice, strategy making and intentionality: A Heideggerian onto-epistemology for strategy-as-practice
in Golsorkhi, D., Rouleau, L., Seidl, D., and Vaara, E. (eds.) «The Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice», Cambridge University Press, 2010, pp 47-62
Strategic decision making and knowledge: A Heideggerian approach
in P. C. Nutt, D. C. Wilson (Eds): «Handbook of Decision Making», Wiley-Blackwell 2010, pp 379-402
Forward: Representation, Signification, Improvisation -- A three-dimensional view of organizational knowledge
in H. E. Canary and R. D. McPheea (Eds) «Communication and Orgnizational Knowledge Contemporary Issues for Theory and Practice», Routledge, 2010, pp x-xix
Introducing «Perspectives on Process Organization Studies»
in T Hernes, S. Maitlis (Eds) «Process, Sensemaking, and Organizing», Oxford University Press, 2010, pp 1-26
Ζώντας με την αβεβαιότητα, δρώντας με αυτοπεποίθηση: Τύχη, στοχαστικός ορθολογισμός, και η ψευδαίσθηση του ελέγχου στις ανθρώπινες υποθέσεις
στο Σπ. Μακρυδάκης, R. Hogarth, A. Gaba «Χορεύοντας με την Τύχη», Κριτική, 2009, σσ 13-27
Πρόλογος: «Ημιμάθεια», καθολικότητα, νεοτερικότητα
στο Γ. Παμπούκης «Ημιμάθειας Εγκώμιο», Κριτική, 2009, σσ 13-26
Creating organizational knowledge dialogically: An outline of a theory
in T. Rickards, M. Runco and S. Moger (eds.), «The Routledge Companion to Creativity», Routledge, 2009, pp 160-176
Craving for generality and small-N studies: A Wittgensteinian approach towards the epistemology of the particular in organization and management studies
in D. Buchanan and A. Bryman (eds.), «The Sage Handbook of Organizational Research Methods», Sage, 2009, pp 285-301
What is reflection-in-action? A phenomenological account
Journal of Management Studies, 2009, 46(8), 1339-1364
A Dialogical Approach to the Creation of New Knowledge in Organizations
Organization Science, 2009, 20(6) 941-957
Developing a global journal: Embracing otherness
in Y. Baruch, A. Konrad, H. Aguinis, and W. H. Starbuck (eds) «Opening the Black Box of Editorship», Palgrave-Macmillan, 2008, pp 167-175
Towards the ecological ideal: Notes for a complex understanding of complex organizations
in D. Barry and H. Hansen (Eds) «The Sage Handbook of New Approaches in Management and Organizational», Sage, 2008, pp 195-198
Thank You and Goodbye! Reflections of a Departing Editor-in-Chief
Organization Studies, August 2008, 29(8-9) 1085-1107
Πρόλογος: Η βαθιά δομή της ηγετικής προσωπικότητας
στο Μ. Κετς ντε Βρις «Αιχμάλωτοι της Ηγεσίας», Καστανιώτης, 2005, σσ 9-17
Πρόλογος: Η άλλη πλευρά της γραφειοκρατίας
στο Ρόμπερτ Τζακάλ «Ηθικοί Λαβύρινθοι», Καστανιώτης, 2005, σσ 9-18
Afterword: Why language matters in the analysis of organizational change
Journal of Organizational Change Management, 2005, 18(1), 96-104
Managing third-order change: The case of the Public Power Corporation in Greece
Long Range Planning, 2005, 38(1), 79-95
Introduction: What does it mean to view organizations as knowledge systems?
in H. Tsoukas and N. Mylonopoulos (eds.), «Organizations as Knowledge Systems», Palgrave, 2004, pp 1-26
Introduction: Organizations and the future: From forecasting to foresight
in H. Tsoukas and J. Shepherd (Eds), «Managing the Future», Blackwell, 2004, pp 1-17
Introduction: Knowledge Construction and Creation in Organizations
British Journal of Management, March 2004 15(S1) S1–S8
Coping with the future: developing organizational foresightfulness
Futures, 2004; 36(2) 137-144
Measuring Nothing: The Case of the Greek National Health System
Human Relations, June 2004, 57(6) 661-690
Πρόλογος: Εν αρχή ην η σχέση: Ηγεσία στην εποχή της αβεβαιότητας
στο Μ. Γουίτλι «Ηγεσία και Χάος», Καστανιώτης, 2003, σσ 9-23
New times, fresh challenges: Reflections on the past and the future of Organization Theory
in H. Tsoukas and C. Knudsen (Eds), The Oxford Handbook of Organization Theory, Oxford University Press, 2003, pp 607-622
Introduction: The need for meta-theoretical reflection in Organization Theory
in H. Tsoukas and C. Knudsen (Eds), The Oxford Handbook of Organization Theory, Oxford University Press, 2003, pp 1-36
Do we really understand tacit knowledge?
in M. Easterby-Smith and M. A. Lyles (eds), «Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management», Blackwell, 2003, pp 410-427
Editorial: Technological and organizational issues in knowledge management
Knowledge and Process Management, 2003, 10(3) 139-143
Everything Flows and Nothing Abides: Towards A “Rhizomic” Model of Organizational Change, Transformation and Action
Process Studies, Fall/Winter 2003, 32(2) 196-224
Part Special Issue: Modelling organizational knowledge
The Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2003, 54(9) 911-913
Editorial: Technological and organizational issues in knowledge management
Knowledge and Process Management: The Journal of Corporate Transformation, 2003, 10(3) 139-143
Επίμετρο: Πολυπλοκότητα, πολύπλοκη σκέψη και η τέχνη της κρίσης
στο Μίτροφ «Έξυπνη Σκέψη για Δύσκολους Καιρούς», Καστανιώτης, 2002, σσ 193-210
Πρόλογος: Η Τέχνη της επίλυσης προβλημάτων
στο Μίτροφ «Έξυπνη Σκέψη για Δύσκολους Καιρούς», Καστανιώτης, 2002, σσ 9-15
Time and reflexivity in organization studies: An introduction
Organization Studies, 2002, 23/6, 857-862
On organizational becoming: Rethinking organizational change
Organization Science, 2002, 13(5) 567-582
Introduction: Knowledge-based perspectives on organizations: Situated knowledge, novelty, and communities of practice
Management Learning, Dec 2002, 33: 419-426
Πρόλογος: Χαοτική, χάοσμος και μάνατζμεντ
στο Άρθουρ Μπάτραμ «Χάος, πολυπλοκότητα και μάνατζμεντ», Καστανιώτης, 2001, σσ 9-20
The conduct of strategy research
in A. Pettigrew, H. Thomas, and R. Whittington (Eds) «Handbook of Strategy and Management», Sage, 2001, pp 411-435
Complex thinking, complex practice: A narrative approach to organizational complexity
Human Relations, 2001, 54(8) 979-1013
False dilemmas in Organization Theory: realism vs. social constructivism
Organization, 2000, 7(3) 531-535
Knowledge as action, organization as theory: Reflections on organizational knowledge
Emergence, 2000, 2(4) 104-112
David and Goliath in the risk society: Making sense of the conflict between Shell and Greenpeace in the North Sea
Organization, August 1999, 6(3) 499-528
Forms of knowledge and forms of life in organized contexts
in R. Chia «In the Realm of Organization: Essays for Robert Cooper», Routledge, 1998, pp 43-66
Consequences of distrust
in R. W. McGee (Ed) «The Ethics of Tax Evasion», Dumont Institute for Public Policy Research, 1998, pp 284-305
The word and the world: A critique of representationalism in management research
International Journal of Public Administration, 1998, 21(5) 781-817
Consequences of distrust: The vicious circle of tax evasion in Greece
Journal of Accounting, Ethics and Public Policy, 1998, 1(4)
Marginalization and Recovery: The Emergence of Aristotelian Themes in Organization Studies
Organization Studies, July 1997, 18(4) 655-683
'Comments on J. Woiceshyn''s The Role of Management in the Adoption of Technology: A Longitudinal Investigation'
Technology Studies, 1997, 4(1) 108-112
The tyranny of light: The temptations and the paradoxes of the information society
Futures, 1997, 29(9) 827-843
Understanding Social Reforms: A Conceptual Analysis
Journal of the Operational Research Society, 1996, 47, 853–863
The Firm as a Distributed Knowledge System: A Constructionist Approach
Strategic Management Journal, 1996, vol. 17 (Special Winter Issue) 11-25
Νεο-εξελικτικές προσεγγίσεις στη Θεωρία των Οργανώσεων
στο Ιωάννα Τσιβάκου (Επιμ.) «Δράση και Σύστημα: Σύγχρονες Προσεγγίσεις στη Θεωρία των Οργανώσεων», Θεμέλιο, 1995, σσ 267-323
Introduction: From social engineering to reflective action in Organizational Behaviour
in H. Tsoukas (Ed) «New Thinking in Organizational Behaviour», Butterworth-Heinemann, 1994, pp 1-22
Socio-economic Systems and Organizational Management: An Institutional Perspective on the Socialist Firm
Organization Studies, January 1994, 15(1) 21-45
Managing Reforms on a Large Scale: What Role for OR/MS?
Journal of the Operational Research Society, 45() 977–986
What is Management? An Outline of a Metatheory
British Journal of Management, 1994, 5(4) 289–301
Refining Common Sense: Types of Knowledge in Management Studies
Journal of Management Studies, 1994, 31(6) 761–780
The road to emancipation is through organizational development: A critical evaluation of total systems intervention
Systems practice, February 1993, 6(1) 53-70
Organizations as soap bubbles: An evolutionary perspective on organization design
Systems practice, October 1993, 6(5) 501-515
By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them: A Reply to Jackson, Green, and Midgley
Systems practice, June 1993, 6(3) 311-317
Analogical Reasoning and Knowledge Generation in Organization Theory
Organization Studies, May 1993, 14(3) 323-346
Panoptic Reason and the Search for Totality: A Critical Assessment of the Critical Systems Perspective
Human Relations, July 1992, 45(7) 637-657
Ways of seeing: Topographic and network representations in organization theory
Systems Practice, August 1992, 5(4) 441-456
The Relativity of Organizing: Its Knowledge Presuppositions and its Pedagogical Implications for Comparative Management
Journal of Management Education, December 1992, 16(4) suppl 147-162
Postmodernism, Reflexive Rationalism and Organizational Studies: A Reply to Martin Parker
Organization Studies, 1992, 13(4) 643-649
Timeo Danaos et Dona Ferentes
in R. B. Blackham, Robert L. Flood, Michael Jackson, G.J. Mansell, S.V.E. Probert (Eds) «Systems Thinking in Europe», Plenum, 1991, pp 449-454
The Missing Link: A Transformational View of Metaphors in Organizational Science
Academy of Management Review, July 1991, 16(3) 566-585
Τεχνολογίες προγραμματιζόμενου αυτοματισμού και σύγχρονη επιχείρηση : Σε αναζήτηση ευελιξίας και ελέγχου
Επιθεώρηση Κοινωνικών Ερευνών, 1989, 72: 75-91
The validity of idiographic research explanations
Academy of Management Review, Oct 1989, 14(4) 451-561