Articles by Muayyad Jabri
Purpose-The purpose is to inspire a more Bakhtinian perspective of conversations in change commun... more Purpose-The purpose is to inspire a more Bakhtinian perspective of conversations in change communication. Inspiration is drawn from Bakhtin and argue that change management has, for too long, focused on monologic implementation of predetermined change, i.e. how to develop the "best plot". Change agents need to consider their anthropology are argued and ask themselves whether the people in their organizations are the objects of communication or subjects in communication. Furthermore, the argument about one's anthropology and one's espoused communication theory are intrinsically intertwined: how one communicates depends entirely on whether one views people as participating subjects in the process or as objects of the process. Design/methodology/approach-Consensus-as-monologue and consensus-as-dialogue are distinguished. Under the former, the notion of a single speaker is emphasized (expectations of response are low). But under the latter, consensus becomes saturated with the self as the other (polemic, but born between people). Findings-Change agents need to consider their anthropology are argued and ask themselves whether the people in their organizations are the objects of communication or subjects in communication. Originality/value-Seeing conversation among people as a never-ending process. A different perspective on participation-a perspective whereby one person's message joins with that of another and one person's meaning joins with that of another is offered.
International Small Business Journal, 2016
Although the role of communication during family business succession has been highlighted in nume... more Although the role of communication during family business succession has been highlighted in numerous studies, communication has mostly been implicitly addressed in relation to other issues and seldom as an issue in itself. This has led to a situation where we know the importance of communication, but how it matters, and how enriching communication can be achieved, is often overlooked. In light of this, the purpose of this article is to develop a greater understanding of succession as a process taking place within emergent conversations. Based on a real-time qualitative study of an owner family’s conversations during succession and Bakhtin’s notion of the ‘utterance’, three dimensions of dialogic transformation are elaborated upon: the role of differences during conversations, the role of multi-voiced conversations, and the role of listening during conversations. When these dimensions are viewed together, they contribute to current family business research by emphasizing the need to better understand the present moment during succession conversations. We are conceptualizing the present moment as a ‘living moment’; as a reminder of the once-occurring, unique and momentary transformation that can take place between family members in such encounters. Implications for research as well as practice are elaborated upon.
Papers by Muayyad Jabri
British Journal of Management, Apr 1, 1990
This study questions traditional assumptions in the person-environment fit models. Previous resea... more This study questions traditional assumptions in the person-environment fit models. Previous research has regarded any kind of fit as positive and any kind of misfit as negative. In the present study, this thinking is refined. It is proposed that consideration of the nature of the fit or misfit matters and that different dependent variables, including performance, may be affected differently. The proposal is tested with a sample of 212 research scientists. The findings demonstrate modest support for the differing effects of type of fit on the dependent variables.
The international journal of accounting and business society, 1994
Journal of Management Education, Nov 1, 1997
The author espouses a classroom delivery of organization theory largely based on a "comb... more The author espouses a classroom delivery of organization theory largely based on a "combined" mode of naturalism and phenomenology. Such a mode should take into account the differing assumptions concerning the multifaceted nature of organizational reality, including subjective conceptions. To achieve a useful and truly meaningful delivery, it is suggested that at the initial phases of delivery, we should encourage the propensity to reify constructs as if they were objective entities. Then, depending on how much reification is achieved in the classroom, we should opt for de-reification using the phenomenological approach.
Australian Journal of Psychology, Aug 1, 1992
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Academia, Mar 4, 2019
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to determine how family and business priorities influence org... more PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to determine how family and business priorities influence organisational decline and turnaround in a family business.Design/methodology/approachFollowing critical realism as philosophical orientation, this research is based on an exploratory single case study.FindingsThis research identified specific socioemotional wealth priorities driving this organisation decline and turnaround. The study also determined how the family and business dynamic leads to decisions that first trigger the organisational decline and then explain the successful implementation of turnaround strategies.Research limitation/implicationsFindings of this research provide limited and contingent theoretical generalisation. Accordingly, replication and further quantitative research is required for a better understanding of this phenomenon.Practical implicationsManagers can benefit from this paper by noting which behaviour could lead to organisational decline and which factors could lead to a turnaround. Similarly, managers can learn about the importance of the alignment of socioemotional wealth priorities as a critical response factor to determine whether to follow exit strategies or turnaround (succession) actions.Originality valueThe study contributes to the organisational decline literature and family business literature. It advances the understanding of how family businesses should balance family and business priorities to avoid organisational decline and identify strategies successfully implemented for turning around.
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Articles by Muayyad Jabri
Papers by Muayyad Jabri