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dc.contributor.authorMaclean, Mairi
dc.contributor.authorHarvey, Charles
dc.contributor.authorSillince, John A.A.
dc.contributor.authorGolant, Benjamin D.
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-13T08:45:35Z
dc.date.issued2014-07
dc.description.abstractThis article builds upon archival and oral history research on organizational change at Procter & Gamble (P&G) from 1930 to 2000, focusing on periods of transition. It examines historical narrative as a vehicle for ideological sensemaking by top managers. Our empirical analysis sheds light on continuities in the narratives they offer, through which the past emerges as a recurrent lever of strategic manoeuvres and re-orientations. This reveals that while organizational history is sometimes regarded as a strategic asset or intrinsic part of collective memory, it is also re-enacted as a shared heritage, implying responsibilities. Executives (re)interpret the past and author the future, maintaining the historical narrative while using interpellation to ensure ideological consistency over time. The interpellative power of rhetorical narrative helps to recast organizational members as participants in an ongoing drama. In this way executives claim their legitimate right to initiate and manage organizational transition.en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 21, Issue 4en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1350508414527247
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/15696
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherSageen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal200981en_GB
dc.subjecthistorical narrativeen_GB
dc.subjectideological sensemakingen_GB
dc.subjectinterpellationen_GB
dc.subjectlongitudinal analysisen_GB
dc.subjectorganizational transitionen_GB
dc.subjectstorytellingen_GB
dc.subjectProcter & Gambleen_GB
dc.titleLiving up to the past? Ideological sensemaking in organizational transitionen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2014-10-13T08:45:35Z
dc.identifier.issn1350-5084
exeter.place-of-publicationUK
dc.descriptionpublication-status: Accepteden_GB
dc.descriptiontypes: Articleen_GB
dc.descriptionAuthor's postprint version.en_GB
dc.identifier.eissn1461-7323
dc.identifier.journalOrganization: the critical journal of organization, theory and societyen_GB


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