Towards a Theory of Organizational Improvisation: Looking Beyond the Jazz Metaphor

By Ken Kamoche, Miguel Pina e Cunha, João Vieira da Cunha. 2003

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Subfields: Music, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology

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The contrasting interaction effects of improvisational behavior with entrepreneurial self-efficacy on new venture performance and entrepreneur work satisfaction (2008, background): “Effective improvisation requires confidence in one's abilities, but improvisation also helps to develop abilities— as a form of learning (Barrett, 1998; Garud and Karnoe, 2003; Kamoche et al., 2003; Miner et al., 2001; Vera and Crosson, 2005; Weick, 1998).”
Practice? It’s a Matter of Taste! (2009, background): “In recent years, jazz has been widely used (and misused) in organizational studies (Kamoche et al., 2003), because it introduces a way of viewing organization as improvisation and as an emerging phenomenon.”
Sensemaking and sensegiving stories of jazz leadership (2012, background): “…a particularly rich source of theorizing for organizational studies scholars (e.g. Bastien and Hostager, 1988; Crossan and Sorrenti, 1997; Hatch, 1997, 1999; Humphreys et al., 2003; Kamoche et al. 2003; Moorman and Miner, 1988; Organization Science, 1998; Tyler and Tyler, 1990; Weick 1989, 1998).”
The "Third Hand": IT-Enabled Competitive Advantage in Turbulence Through Improvisational Capabilities (2010, background): “First, while improvisation has its origins in individuals, it also extends to groups, units, and organizations (Eisenhardt and Tabrizi 1995, Hutchins 1991, Kamoche et al .”
Improvisation and Innovative Performance in Teams (2005, background): “There have been detailed expositions about the similarities and differences between improvisation in jazz, theater, and other metaphors such as Indian music (see Hatch 1997, Kamoche et al. 2003).”