*sent on behalf of Eric Knight*
Dear SAP friends,
Paradox scholarship has emerged as an exciting and fruitful perspective for strategy scholars particularly interested in studying competing demands. In recent years, there have been a number of intersections with the Strategy-as-Practice community, including
· 2016 PDW at Academy of Management on 'Paradox and Practice' organized by Rebecca Bednarek, Jane Lê, and Eric Knight
· 2016/2017 Special Issue in Organization Studies, with papers by active SAP scholars including Jane Lê, Paula Jarzabkowski, Eric Knight, and Sotirios Paroutis
· Forthcoming Oxford University Press Handbook of Organizational Paradox, edited by Wendy Smith, Marianne Lewis, Paula Jarzabowski, and Ann Langley
· 2017 Workshop on Paradox, Discourse, Strategy and Practice at the University of Sydney, featuring leading scholars Marianne Lewis, Paula Jarzabkowski, and Hari Tsoukas.
· ...amongst many other events
Now, we have a new website targeted for PhD students, scholars, educators, and managers interested in paradox research. The address is www.leveragingtensions.com
Please sign up and share to your colleagues, students, and partners who may be interested. The website includes:
· Blog posts, by leading scholars in the field and emerging voices reflecting on paradox and what is means in their research and every-day life
· Announcements, including to Call for Papers and upcoming symposia
· Q&A, for scholars and PhD students seeking more guidance on how to engage in paradox scholarship
· Reference resources, in research, education and management, for scholars seeking to navigate the field
· Newsletters, covering activity in the paradox community and the opportunity to sign up to regular newsletters
· ...and much more
There will be opportunities to engage further in the 2017 conferences, with the OUP Handbook being launched at the Academy of Management in August 2017. Until then, please sign-up, research, and share with those interested!
Eric Knight (Founding Editor, serving Editor in Chief), on behalf of the editorial team
Wendy Smith (Founding Editor), Costas Andriopoulos (Founding Editor), Jonathan Schad, Camille Pradies, Robert Wright, Josh Keller, Garima Sharma, Matthew Sheep, Ann Zhang, Valerie Michaud.