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The historical shifts of in/formality of learning within craft skills ecosystems in the United Kingdom (2023)
Journal Article
Li, M., Holstein, J., & Wedekind, V. (2023). The historical shifts of in/formality of learning within craft skills ecosystems in the United Kingdom. International Journal of Training and Development, 27(3-4), 405-421. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijtd.12308

In this paper, we address the debate on local skills ecosystems and informal learning. We use the social ecosystem model as a tool to help us analyse the role played by various actors in learning and skills ecosystems and highlight the role of inform... Read More about The historical shifts of in/formality of learning within craft skills ecosystems in the United Kingdom.

Dialogue and the micro-processes of founder meaning-making during growth (2023)
Journal Article
Greenman, A., & Holstein, J. (2023). Dialogue and the micro-processes of founder meaning-making during growth. International Small Business Journal, https://doi.org/10.1177/02662426231181551

This article draws upon dialogic theory to explore how meaning is co-constructed in dialogue as founding entrepreneurs devise strategies for venture growth. Drawing from a longitudinal study of the impact of a UK University business growth programme... Read More about Dialogue and the micro-processes of founder meaning-making during growth.

Space and the Dynamic Between Openness and Closure: Open strategizing in the TV series Borgen (2022)
Journal Article
Holstein, J., & Rantakari, A. (2023). Space and the Dynamic Between Openness and Closure: Open strategizing in the TV series Borgen. Organization Studies, 44(1), 53–75. https://doi.org/10.1177/01708406221106311

In this paper we examine how the use of space shapes the dynamic between openness and closure in open strategizing. To do this, we draw from research that has defined organizational space as a process that is both a social product and produces social... Read More about Space and the Dynamic Between Openness and Closure: Open strategizing in the TV series Borgen.

Xenophobia, the unconscious, the public sphere and Brexit (2021)
Journal Article
Starkey, K., Holstein, J., & Tempest, S. (2021). Xenophobia, the unconscious, the public sphere and Brexit. European Management Review, 18(1), 25-35. https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12446

We examine xenophobia from the perspective of the unconscious of individuals, groups and nations, emphasizing the role of fantasy, and arguing that some leaders use xenophobic discourse to exploit fantasies arising from emotions such as anxiety, fear... Read More about Xenophobia, the unconscious, the public sphere and Brexit.

Participation Research and Open Strategy (2019)
Book Chapter
Vaara, E., Rantakari, A., & Holstein, J. (2019). Participation Research and Open Strategy. In D. Seidl, G. Von Krogh, & R. Whittington (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Open Strategy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

In this chapter we focus on participation in open strategy. We examine how the issue of participation has been dealt with in previous strategy literature and elaborate on how research on open strategy can be linked with and advance this body of work.... Read More about Participation Research and Open Strategy.

Strategy and narrative in higher education (2016)
Journal Article
Holstein, J., Starkey, K., & Wright, M. (2018). Strategy and narrative in higher education. Strategic Organization, 16(1), 61-91. https://doi.org/10.1177/1476127016674877

© The Author(s) 2016. In this article, we apply the idea of narrative to strategy and to the development of strategy in the higher education context. We explore how strategy is formed as an intertextual narrative in a comparative study of higher educ... Read More about Strategy and narrative in higher education.