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Taking Stock of Temporary Organizational Forms: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda
Author(s) -
Bakker René M.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of management reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.475
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-2370
pISSN - 1460-8545
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2010.00281.x
Subject(s) - stock (firearms) , field (mathematics) , sociology , context (archaeology) , order (exchange) , task (project management) , organizational field , public relations , systematic review , political science , knowledge management , business , management , social science , economics , computer science , history , law , institutional theory , finance , archaeology , mathematics , medline , pure mathematics
This paper brings together the research on temporary organizational forms. Despite a recent surge in publications on this topic, there have been few attempts to integrate knowledge on what we know of such temporary forms of organization. In order to correct this, an integrative framework is proposed around four central themes: time, team, task and context. Within each of these themes, the paper offers an overview of the literature, the gaps in what we know, and what future directions might be taken by scholars hoping to contribute to this important and rapidly growing field.