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Building adaptive capacity in project network organizations: Project contexts, network ties and relational practices
This chapter examines key drivers of variation in adaptive capacity of project network organizations (PNOs). PNOs are defined as strategically coordinated sets of longer-term, yet project-based relationships, which provide for both stability and change in volatile project businesses. While prior research has emphasized the adaptive role of flexible structures and agency, the author focuses on the role of project variety and contextual embedding and disembedding in building adaptive capacity. Comparing two PNOs in TV movie production, the author argues that differences in adaptive capacity are a function of inter-context connectivity, that is, the level of task and team linkages among diverse project contexts, and the degree to which network ties and relational practices have “dual quality” in being valuable both within and beyond specific project contexts. Findings have important implications for project, network, and organization research.
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Research in the Sociology of OrganizationsPublisher
EmeraldExternal DOI
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64Page range
39-67Book title
Managing inter-organizational collaborations: process viewsISBN
978-1787565920Series
Research in the Sociology of OrganizationsDepartment affiliated with
- Strategy and Marketing Publications
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Jörg Sydow, Hans BerendsLegacy Posted Date
2019-09-26First Open Access (FOA) Date
2019-10-04First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2019-09-26Usage metrics
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