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pdf • NARRATIVES AS SOURCES OF STABILITY AND CHANGE IN ORGANIZATIONS: APPROACHES AND

DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH• • Abstract: Although narrative analysis has made significant advances in organization and

management studies, scholars have not yet unleashed its full potential. This review provides an understanding of key issues in organizational narrative analysis with a focus on the role of narratives in organizational stability and change. We start by elaborating on the characteristics of organizational narratives to provide a conceptual framework for organizational narrative analysis. We elaborate on three key approaches to narrative analysis on stability and change: realist, interpretative and poststructuralist approaches. We then review several topic areas where narrative analysis has so far offered the most promise: organizational change, identity, strategy, entrepreneurship and personal change. Finally, we identify important issues that warrant attention in future research, both theoretically and methodologically.

• We are grateful to Matthew Cronin and Laurie Weingart for the insightful comments and guidance throughout this process. We also wish to thank our colleagues at Aalto University School of Business, at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University and at New Mexico State University as well as the many other scholars with whom we have been in touch for their help and suggestions that have greatly improved the paper. We specifically want to acknowledge the help and contributions of Charlotta Björk, Anniina Rantakari and Stefanie Reissner in putting it all together.

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