Under new management, tradition of innovation and innovation of tradition: the case of constructive disruption in a family firm

Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Hermens, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0435-1751	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Simpson, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Berti, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0519-8824	en_US
dc.date	2016-12-06	en_US
dc.date.available	2016-09-08	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-12-06	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	30th Anzam Conference 2016 program, 2016	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/85576
dc.description.abstract	Abstract We investigate narrative discourses at an Australian steel foundry, as the business balances the challenges of implementing change to remain competitive in a global environment, while maintaining its identity and values as a ‘family firm’. Analysis of research data under macro, meso and micro discursive categories revealed four key themes as sites of dynamic tension: 1) stability in instability, 2) narratives of mastery, 4) intertwined identities, and 3) community centricity. We discuss how these findings expand our understanding of the relationship between tradition and innovation within family firms, where notions of tradition provide value as a discursive resource that can be deployed to ease the social tensions emerging from innovation, in a paradoxical process that translates local family connections and histories into dynamic capabilities for the firm.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	30th Anzam Conference 2016 program	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	30th Australian New Zealand Academy of Management Conference being held at QUT Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane.	en_US
dc.title	Under new management, tradition of innovation and innovation of tradition: the case of constructive disruption in a family firm	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location.activity	Brisbane	en_US
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.consider-herdc	true	en_US
pubs.finish-date	2016-12-09	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Accepted	en_US
pubs.start-date	2016-12-06	en_US

Abstract:

Abstract We investigate narrative discourses at an Australian steel foundry, as the business balances the challenges of implementing change to remain competitive in a global environment, while maintaining its identity and values as a ‘family firm’. Analysis of research data under macro, meso and micro discursive categories revealed four key themes as sites of dynamic tension: 1) stability in instability, 2) narratives of mastery, 4) intertwined identities, and 3) community centricity. We discuss how these findings expand our understanding of the relationship between tradition and innovation within family firms, where notions of tradition provide value as a discursive resource that can be deployed to ease the social tensions emerging from innovation, in a paradoxical process that translates local family connections and histories into dynamic capabilities for the firm.

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