Organizational transformation determines development direction and survival of organizations and is a key topic in organization research.Punctuated equilibrium and gradual change are two main forms of evolution.And the former,to a certain extent,includes both gradual and drastic changes,depicting the process traits of organizational transformation in a more comprehensive and accurate manner.It has been a hot and cutting-edge frontier in fo-reign organization studies.This paper reviews the concept,research dimensions,cause analysis and strategy construction of organizational transformation as punctuated equilibrium,and then extracts the shortcomings in current research to provide the future research directions.
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Foreign Economics & Management
LiZengquan, Editor-in-Chief
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Organizational Transformation as Punctuated Equilibrium: A Literature Review and Prospects
Foreign Economics & Management Vol. 38, Issue 04, pp. 36 - 48 (2016) DOI:10.16538/j.cnki.fem.2016.04.003
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Yang Chao, Wei Huaian. Organizational Transformation as Punctuated Equilibrium: A Literature Review and Prospects[J]. Foreign Economics & Management, 2016, 38(4): 36–48.
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