Organizations as complex adaptive systems: Implications of Complexity Theory for leadership research

By Marguerite Schneider, Mark John Somers. 2006

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Subfields: Computational Theory and Mathematics, Management Science and Operations Research, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Leadership for organizational adaptability: A theoretical synthesis and integrative framework (2018, neutral): “…Mehra, Smith, Dixon, and Robertson, 2006; White, Currie, and Lockett, 2014, 2016), complexity (Lichtenstein and Plowman, 2009; Plowman et al., 2007; Schneider and Somers, 2006; Uhl-Bien et al., 2007), innovation (Carmeli, Gelbard, and Gefen, 2010; Howell and Boies, 2004; Makri and Scandura, 2010;…”
Extending the Machine Learning Abstraction Boundary: A Complex Systems Approach to Incorporate Societal Context (2020, background): “Since its introduction in the 1960s, CAS has been used to model social systems of varying size and complexity such as supply-chain networks [19, 103] and individual organizations [10, 24, 93], to health care systems [8, 9, 79, 89] and economic systems [2].”
The Challenge and Promise of Complexity Theory for Teacher Education Research (2014, background): “…collaborations, student teaching supervision, and mentoring relationships have all been regarded as complex systems (e.g., Clarke & Erickson, 2009; Davis, Sumara, & D’Amour, 2012; Nielson, Triggs, Clarke, & Collins, 2010; Opfer & Pedder, 2011; Radford, 2006; Schneider & Somers, 2006; Waks, 2011).”
Leader Ethical Decision-Making in Organizations: Strategies for Sensemaking (2012, background): “Given that contemporary organizations are defined by less structure and are generally more fluid and transitional (Barkema et al. 2002; Schneider and Somers 2006; Uhl-Bien et al. 2007), current leaders may be more prone to unethical behavior because they face ethical dilemmas that are simply more…”
Considering the energy, water and food nexus: Towards an integrated modelling approach (2011, background): “29 See e.g., Kostlan (1988), Manson (2001), Mikulecky (2001), Nooteboom (2007), O’Sullivan (2009), Ramos-Martin (2003), Schneider and Somers (2006) and Vasileiadou and Safarzynska (2010).”
Direction, alignment, commitment: Toward a more integrative ontology of leadership (2008, background): “Another approach that is pushing the tripod ontology beyond its limits is the application of complexity science to leadership theory (Lichtenstein et al., 2006; Marion & Uhl-Bien, 2001; Schneider & Somers, 2006; Uhl-Bien, Marion, & McKelvey, 2007).”
Dynamic capabilities as (workable) management systems theory (2018, background): “This gap has been partially bridged by the growing interest of management scholars in complex systems, which combine elements of chaos theory with a systems theory approach (Schneider & Somers, 2006).”
Evaluating organizational-level work stress interventions: Beyond traditional methods (2007, background): “It may be best described in terms of complex adaptive systems (Dooley, 1997; Schneider & Somers, 2006).”