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It’s time to take time seriously in the theory of temporary organizations

Lavagnon A. Ika et al.

Scandinavian Journal of Management2025https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scaman.2025.101403article
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Time is at the heart of the theory of temporary organizations yet its implications are not well-developed, as the theory remains wedded to a narrow view of time. Different conceptualizations of time are pursued in isolation or framed as either-or choices, thereby lacking synthesis across the literature. To rectify this problem, we analyze the literature on temporary organizations and identify three prevailing streams of research on time as: a scarce resource , temporal structures , and processual flow . Accordingly, we augment extant theory with a combination of clock time, event time, and process time. We demonstrate how this time-based theory of temporary organizations offers new cross-fertilizations between either-or conceptualizations of time and cues for temporal theorizing. • Paper takes stock of literature on temporary organizations. • Paper argues time remains narrow in theory of temporary organizations. • Paper notes conceptualizations of time are framed in either-or choices. • Paper proposes a time-based theory of temporary organizations. • Paper augments existing theory with clock time writ large, event time, and process time.

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@article{lavagnon2025,
  title        = {{It’s time to take time seriously in the theory of temporary organizations}},
  author       = {Lavagnon A. Ika et al.},
  journal      = {Scandinavian Journal of Management},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scaman.2025.101403},
}

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0.56

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.55 × 0.4 = 0.22
M · momentum0.75 × 0.15 = 0.11
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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