Translating a dream of immortality in a (con)temporary order
Journal of Organizational Change Management
ISSN: 0953-4814
Article publication date: 1 February 2000
Abstract
Discusses the process of imitation using the vocabulary of translation, taking as an example the temporary organization Stockholm – Cultural Capital of Europe 1998. Describes the process of change in an organizational order that can be characterized as (con)temporary. The description reveals several paradoxes typical of today’s organizing and focuses in particular on a temporary organization’s struggle for immortality.
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Citation
Porsander, L. (2000), "Translating a dream of immortality in a (con)temporary order", Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 13 No. 1, pp. 14-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/09534810010310212
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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