Ann Langley

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe and compare a number of alternative generic strategies for the analysis of process data, looking at the consequences of these strategies for emerging theories, and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the strategies in terms of their capacity to generate theory that is accurate, parsimonious, general, and useful.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify various ontological assumptions underlying process research, explore its methods and challenges, and draw out some of its substantive contributions revealed in this Special Research Forum on Process Studies of Change in Organization and Management.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors draw on five case studies in health care organizations to develop a process theory of strategic change in pluralistic settings characterized by diffuse power and divergent objectives.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the research literature of organizational decision making suffers from three major limitations labeled reification, dehumanization, and isolation, and seek to open up decision making in three respects.

TL;DR: This article provided a synthesized summary of a Showcase Symposium held at the 2016 Academy of Management Annual Meeting in which prominent scholars such as Denny Gioia, Domenico et al. participated.