The Role of Narratives in Sustaining Organizational Innovation

By Caroline A. Bartel, Raghu Garud. Organ. Sci., 2009

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Subfields: Communication, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Strategy and Management

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Strategy as Practice and the Narrative Turn (2011, background): “…draw on more macro-level narratives grounded both in institutionalized recipes about how projects should proceed and in more ad hoc narratives about past innovation projects (Bartel & Garud, 2009), much as Orr’s (1990) photocopier technicians used stories to communicate their practical knowledge.”
The effects of innovation on firm performance of supporting industries in Hanoi – Vietnam (2016, unknown): “…to succeed and survive (Jimenez & Sanz-Valle, 2011; Bell, 2005; Cho & Pucik, 2005; Gopalakrishnan & Damanpour, 1997; Damanpour, 1996; Fiol, 1996; Wolfe, 1994) and gain sustainable competitive advantage (Standing & Kiniti, 2011; Bartel & Garud, 2009; Johannessen, 2008; Mumford & Licuanan, 2004).”
Entrepreneurial Storytelling, Future Expectations, and the Paradox of Legitimacy (2014, background): “psychological-buy-in into the story (Bartel and Garud 2009), which triggers “commitment” rather than “critical evaluation” of premises (Lampel 2001).”
Convincing the crowd: Entrepreneurial storytelling in crowdfunding campaigns (2017, background): “In recent years, studies in innovation and entrepreneurship research have shown increasing interest in narratives, which help contextualize and give meaning to entrepreneurial and innovative projects (Bartel and Garud, 2009; Garud and Giuliani, 2013; Garud et al., 2014a; Navis and Glynn, 2011).”
Knowledge Collaboration in Online Communities (2011, background): “Narratives have been identified in non-OC settings as helping promote adherence to core values (Bartel and Garud 2009); linking past, present, and future actions (Boland et al. 2007); helping socialize participants (Bruner 1991); helping shape future action (Pentland 1999); and providing…”
The Relationship between Innovation and Firm Performance: An Empirical Evidence from Turkish Automotive Supplier Industry (2013, unknown): “…success and survival (Jimenez and Sanz-Valle, 2011; Bell, 2005; Cho and Pucik, 2005; Gopalaksihnan and Damanpour, 1997; Damanpour, 1996; Fiol, 1996; Wolfe, 1994) and sustainable competitive advantage (Standing and Kiniti, 2011; Bartel and Garud, 2009; Johannessen, 2008; Mumford and Licuanan, 2004).”
Improvisation in Product Innovation: The Contingent Role of Market Information Sources and Memory Types (2011, background): “Bartel and Garud (2009) make a contribution in this regard by showing that innovation narratives are an effective retrieval mechanism for translating experience and knowledge to make sense of ambiguous situations and enable real-time action.”
Identity As Narrative: Prevalence, Effectiveness, and Consequences of Narrative Identity Work in Macro Work Role Transitions (2010, background): “…provisional and less con sistent with other repertoire stories than those constructed post hoc, when the narrator knows the end point of the story (Bartel & Garud, 2009; Weick, 1995), sheds light on the state of uncer tain identity in which people midtransition re port feeling "in a vacuum," "in…”
Actions Speak Louder than Words: How Figurative Language and Gesturing in Entrepreneurial Pitches Influences Investment Judgments (2019, background): “…specific forms of language such as the use of storylines or metaphors directly impacts investors to generate their own interpretations, such that they “are likely to gain confidence in the viability of those possibilities and in others’ ability to make them a reality” (Bartel & Garud, 2009: 112).”
Transitional Identity as a Facilitator of Organizational Identity Change during a Merger (2010, background): “Similar dynamics surround the innovation narratives described by Bartel and Garud (2009) and the cross-functional teams discussed by Bechky (2003).”