Paper co-authored by Dr. Srivardhini K Jha, Dr. Gopal Naik and PhD alum Jothsna Rajan accepted for publication in Journal of Management Inquiry

A paper titled, ‘Navigating Temporary Organizations: A Narrative Perspective’, co-authored by Dr. Srivardhini K Jha, Chairperson, NSRCEL and faculty of the Entrepreneurship area of IIMB; Prof. Gopal Naik, Chairperson, Centre for Public Policy (CPP), IIMB, and Jothsna Rajan (IIMB PhD, 2019), has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Management Inquiry.

The paper is from Jothsna Rajan’s thesis work. The empirical setting for the study is a public-private partnership that was orchestrated by CPP/Prof. Gopal Naik.

Abstract of paper: Temporary Organizations (TO) can be viewed as collection of narratives about the past and the future, that can potentially shape organizational outcomes. An in-depth, longitudinal study of a time-bound interorganizational project that served rural India’s educational needs shows how multi-authored narratives and practices in temporary organizations influence each other. When the narratives are coherent with respect to the past and the future, the actors engage in mitigative practices, and the project develops. If the narratives diverge, the actors engage in self-serving practices hindering the project. The narrative view affords a novel lens to understand the dynamics shaping practices and outcomes within temporary organizations. The research findings also have practical implications for TO management, understanding the plurality of narratives and emphasizing the importance of aligning them.