TY - JOUR
T1 - Organizational improvisation
T2 - What, when, how and why
AU - Cunha, Miguel Pina e
AU - Da Cunha, João Vieira
AU - Kamoche, Ken
PY - 1999/12/1
Y1 - 1999/12/1
N2 - In this article, the authors review the growing body of literature on organizational improvisation in order to present an encompassing and systematic perspective on this concept. An integrative definition of its construct is presented together with a new way of measuring this phenomenon in organizational settings. The article further explores this construct by presenting its triggers, necessary conditions, influencing factors and major outcomes. The issues of improvisation's growing legitimization in the organizational arena for practitioners and researchers alike are addressed in order to argue for the need for and interest in a fuller development research on this concept.
AB - In this article, the authors review the growing body of literature on organizational improvisation in order to present an encompassing and systematic perspective on this concept. An integrative definition of its construct is presented together with a new way of measuring this phenomenon in organizational settings. The article further explores this construct by presenting its triggers, necessary conditions, influencing factors and major outcomes. The issues of improvisation's growing legitimization in the organizational arena for practitioners and researchers alike are addressed in order to argue for the need for and interest in a fuller development research on this concept.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0347867064&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1468-2370.00017
DO - 10.1111/1468-2370.00017
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0347867064
VL - 1
SP - 299
EP - 341
JO - International Journal of Management Reviews
JF - International Journal of Management Reviews
SN - 1460-8545
IS - 3
ER -