27 Why ever stop improvising? Why endings matter for theory and practice
Organizational improvisation (OI) theorists have offered compelling evidence for potential triggers and antecedents for highly improvisational activity. Reviews by Ciuchta et al. (2021), Hadida et al. (2015), and Cunha et al. (1999) list triggers such as unexpected events and other disruptions in the external environment, some of which represent problems and others of which represent opportunities. Prior research also suggests that individuals vary in their improvisational behavioral tendencies (Hmieleski & Corbett, 2006; 2008; Hmieleski et al., 2013). Qualitative field studies offer granular accounts of factors ...
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