Professor Jorgen Sandberg

Alvesson, Mats and Sandberg, Jorgen (2021). Re-imagining the Research Process: Conventional and Alternative Metaphors. London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781529682656

Sandberg, Jörgen and Targama, Axel (2013). Ledning och forstaelse: en forstaelsebaserad syn pa utveckling av manniskor och organisationer. 2nd ed. Lund, Sweden: Studentlitteratur.

Alvesson, Mats and Sandberg, Jorgen (2013). Constructing research questions : doing interesting research. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781529682588

Sandberg, J. and Targama, A. (2007). Managing Understanding in Organizations. London, UK: Sage Publications.

Alvesson, Mats, Gabriel, Yiannis and Sandberg, Jörgen (2024). Using metaphors critically and reflexively in empirical organizational research. The Oxford handbook of metaphor in organization studies. (pp. 251-264) edited by Anders Örtenblad. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192895707.013.15

Lamb, Peter, Sandberg, Jorgen and Liesch, Peter W. (2018). Small firm internationalisation unveiled through phenomenography. International entrepreneurship: the pursuit of opportunities across national border. (pp. 267-315) edited by A. Rebecca Reuber. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-74228-1_8

Sandberg, Jörgen, Rouleau, Linda, Langley, Ann and Tsoukas, Haridimos (2017). Introduction: skillful performance: enacting capabilities, knowledge, competence, and expertise in organizations. Skillful performance: enacting capabilities, knowledge, competence, and expertise in organizations. (pp. 1-26) edited by Jörgen Sandberg, Linda Rouleau, Ann Langley and Haridimos Tsoukas. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

Sandberg, Jorgen and Tsoukas, Haridimos (2016). Practice theory: What it is, its philosophical base, and what it offers organization studies. The Routledge Companion to Philosophy in Organization Studies. (pp. 184-198) edited by Raza Mir, Hugh Willmott and Michelle Greenwood. New York, NY United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203795248

Sandberg, Jorgen, Loacker, Bernadette and Alvesson, Mats (2015). Conceptions of process in organization and management: The case of identity studies. The Emergence of Novelty in Organizations. (pp. 318-344) edited by Raghu Garud, Barbara Simpson, Ann Langley and Haridimos Tsoukas. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198728313.003.0012

Alvesson, Mats and Sandberg, Jörgen (2014). Problematization meets mystery creation: generating new ideas and findings through assumption challenging research. Critical Management Research: Reflections from the Field. (pp. 23-41) edited by Emma Jeanes and Tony Huzzard. London, UK: Sage. doi: 10.4135/9748146288610.n2

Dall'Alba, Gloria and Sandberg, Jörgen (2014). A phenomenological perspective on researching work and learning. International handbook of research in professional and practice-based learning. (pp. 279-304) edited by Stephen Billett, Christian Harteis and Hans Gruber. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-8902-8_11

Alvesson, Mats and Sandberg, Jörgen (2014). Problematization meets mystery creation: generating new ideas and findings through assumption-challenging research. Critical management research: reflections from the field. (pp. 23-40) edited by Emma Jeanes and Tony Huzzard. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781446288610.n2

Dall'Alba, Gloria and Sandberg, Jorgen (2010). Learning through and about practice: A lifeworld perspective. Learning through practice: Models, traditions, orientations and approaches. (pp. 104-119) edited by Stephen Billett. Dordrecht: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-90-481-3939-2_6

Sandberg, J. (2009). Understanding of work: The basis for competence development. International Perspectives on Competence in the Workplace: Implications for Research, Policy and Practice. (pp. 3-20) edited by Christine R. Velde. Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8754-7

Sandberg, Jörgen and Targama, Axel (2009). Managing understanding: A new leadership challenge. OSH for development: Occupational safety and health for development. (pp. 487-491) edited by Kaj Elgstrand and Nils Petersson. Stockholm, Sweden: Royal Institute of Technology.

Sandberg, J. and Dall'Alba, G. (2006). Re-framing competence development at work. Improving workplace learning: Emerging international perspectives. (pp. 107-121) edited by G. Castleton, R. Gerber and H. Pillay. New York: Nova Science.

Sandberg, J. (2001). The constructions of social constructionism. Invisible Management: The social construction of leadership. (pp. 28-48) edited by S. Sjostrand, J. Sandberg and M. Tyrstrup. London: Thomson Learning.

Sandberg, J. (2001). Educational rhetoric or leadership practice. Invisible Management: The social construction of leadership. (pp. 167-187) edited by S.Sjostrand, J. Sandberg and M. Tyrstrup. London: Thomson Learning.

Sandberg, J. (2001). Understanding the basis for competence development. International Perspectives on Competence in the Workplace: Research, Policy and Practice. (pp. 9-24) edited by Christine Velde. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Press.

Tsoukas, Haridimos, Sandberg, Jörgen, Fayard, Anne-Laure and Zundel, Mike (2024). Introduction to the Special Issue on Philosophy and Organization Studies: How Does Philosophy Illuminate the Study of Organizations?. Organization Studies, 45 (9), 1229-1251. doi: 10.1177/01708406241273000

Alvesson, Mats and Sandberg, Jörgen (2023). The art of phenomena construction: a framework for coming up with research phenomena beyond ‘the Usual Suspects’. Journal of Management Studies, 61 (5), 1737-1765. doi: 10.1111/joms.12969

Joubert, Alison M., Gonzalez-Arcos, Claudia, Scaraboto, Daiane, Sandberg, Jorgen and Guesalaga, Rodrigo (2022). No More Plastic Bags: Overcoming Consumer Resistance to Sustainability Regulation. NIM Marketing Intelligence Review, 14 (1), 37-41. doi: 10.2478/nimmir-2022-0006

Sandberg, Jörgen and Alvesson, Mats (2021). Clarifying and expanding the theory typology: a reply to readers’ comments. Marketing Theory, 21 (3), 147059312110127-440. doi: 10.1177/14705931211012746

Sandberg, Jörgen and Alvesson, Mats (2021). Meanings of Theory: Clarifying Theory through Typification. Journal of Management Studies, 58 (2), 487-516. doi: 10.1111/joms.12587

Alvesson, Mats and Sandberg, Jörgen (2021). Pre-understanding: An interpretation-enhancer and horizon-expander in research. Organization Studies, 43 (3), 395-412. doi: 10.1177/0170840621994507

Gonzalez-Arcos, Claudia, Joubert, Alison M., Scaraboto, Daiane, Guesalaga, Rodrigo and Sandberg, Jörgen (2021). “How do I carry all this now?”: understanding consumer resistance to sustainability interventions. Journal of Marketing, 85 (3), 44-61. doi: 10.1177/0022242921992052

Dall’Alba, Gloria and Sandberg, Jörgen (2020). Bodily grounds of learning: embodying professional practice in biotechnology. Studies in Higher Education, 46 (9), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/03075079.2019.1711047

Alvesson, Mats and Sandberg, Jörgen (2020). The Problematizing Review: A Counterpoint to Elsbach and Van Knippenberg’s Argument for Integrative Reviews. Journal of Management Studies, 57 (6) joms.12582, 1290-1304. doi: 10.1111/joms.12582

Sandberg, Jörgen and Tsoukas, Haridimos (2020). Sensemaking Reconsidered: Towards a broader understanding through phenomenology. Organization Theory, 1 (1), 1-34. doi: 10.1177/2631787719879937

Stephens, Anna M. and Sandberg, Jörgen (2019). How the practice of clustering shapes cluster emergence. Regional Studies, 54 (5), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/00343404.2019.1667967

Trevor-Roberts, Edwin, Parker, Polly and Sandberg, Jorgen (2018). How uncertainty affects career behaviour: a narrative approach. Australian Journal of Management, 44 (1), 031289621877580-69. doi: 10.1177/0312896218775801

Teeter, Preston and Sandberg, Jorgen (2017). Constraining or enabling green capability development? How policy uncertainty affects organizational responses to flexible environmental regulations. British Journal of Management, 28 (4), 649-665. doi: 10.1111/1467-8551.12188

Dall'Alba, Gloria, Sandberg, Jorgen and Sidhu, Ravinder Kaur (2017). Embodying skillful performance: co-constituting body and world in biotechnology. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 50 (3), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/00131857.2017.1343114

Teeter, Preston and Sandberg, Jorgen (2017). Cracking the enigma of asset bubbles with narratives. Strategic Organization, 15 (1), 91-99. doi: 10.1177/1476127016629880

O'Leary, Jane and Sandberg, Jorgen (2016). Managers' practice of managing diversity revealed: A practice-theoretical account. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 38 (4), 512-536. doi: 10.1002/job.2132

Pinnington, Ashly H. and Sandberg, Jorgen (2014). Competence regimes in professional service firm internationalization and professional careers. Group & Organization Management, 39 (5), 561-591. doi: 10.1177/1059601114548273

Sandberg, Jorgen and Tsoukas, Haridimos (2014). Making sense of the sensemaking perspective: its constituents, limitations, and opportunities for further development. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 36 (S1), S6-S32. doi: 10.1002/job.1937

Alvesson, Mats and Sandberg, Jorgen (2014). Habitat and habitus: boxed-in versus box-breaking research. Organization Studies, 35 (7), 967-987. doi: 10.1177/0170840614530916

Bolander, Pernilla and Sandberg, Joergen (2013). How employee selection decisions are made in practice. Organization Studies, 34 (3), 285-311. doi: 10.1177/0170840612464757

Alvesson, Mats and Sandberg, Jorgen (2013). Has management studies lost its way? Ideas for more imaginative and innovative research. Journal of Management Studies, 50 (1), 128-152. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01070.x

Pinnington, Ashly H. and Sandberg, Jorgen (2012). Lawyers' professional careers: increasing women's inclusion in the partnership of law firms. Gender, Work and Organization, Article in press (6), n/a-n/a. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2012.00610.x

Schembri, Sharon and Sandberg, Jorgen (2011). The experiential meaning of service quality. Marketing Theory, 11 (2), 165-186. doi: 10.1177/1470593111403221

Lamb, Peter, Sandberg, Jorgen and Liesch, Peter W. (2011). Small firm internationalisation unveiled through phenomenography. Journal of International Business Studies, 42 (5), 672-693. doi: 10.1057/jibs.2011.8

Sandberg, Jörgen and Tsoukas, Haridimos (2011). Grasping the logic of practice: Theorizing through practical rationality. Academy of Management Review, 36 (2), 338-360. doi: 10.5465/AMR.2011.59330942

Alvesson, Mats and Sandberg, Jörgen (2011). Generating research questions through problematization. The Academy of Management Review, 36 (2), 247-271. doi: 10.5465/AMR.2011.59330882

Sandberg, Jörgen and Alvesson, Mats (2011). Ways of constructing research questions: Gap-spotting or problematization?. Organization, 18 (23-24), 1-22. doi: 10.1177/1350508410372151

Holt, Robin and Sandberg, Jörgen (2011). Phenomenology and organization theory. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 32, 215-249. doi: 10.1108/S0733-558X(2011)0000032010

Sandberg, Jorgen and Dall'Alba, Gloria (2009). Returning to practice anew: A life-world perspective. Organization studies, 30 (12), 1349-1368. doi: 10.1177/0170840609349872

Sandberg, J. and Pinnington, A. (2009). Professional competence as ways of being: An existential ontological perspective. Journal of Management Studies, 46 (7), 1138-1170. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00845.x

Sandberg, J. and Targama, A. (2008). Seeing is believing. Business Review Weekly, 30, 64-65.

Johnston, A. and Sandberg, J. (2008). Controlling service work: An ambiguous accomplishment between employees, management and customers. Journal of Consumer Culture, 8 (3), 389-417. doi: 10.1177/1469540508095306

Dall'Alba, Gloria and Sandberg, Jorgen (2006). Unveiling professional development: A critical review of stage models. Review of Educational Research, 76 (3), 383-412. doi: 10.3102/00346543076003383

Sandberg, J. (2005). How do we justify knowledge produced within interpretive approaches?. Organizational Research Methods, 8 (1), 41-68. doi: 10.1177/1094428104272000

Schembri, S. T. and Sandberg, J. (2002). Service quality and consumers' experience: Towards an interpretive approach. Marketing Theory, 2 (2), 189-206. doi: 10.1177/147059310222003

Sandberg, Jorgen (2001). Understanding competence at work. Harvard Business Review, 79 (3), 24-+.

Stephens, Anna M., Alvesson, Mats and Sandberg, Jorgen (2019). They complain but they don’t do anything: complaining and complying in a university. 35th EGOS Colloquium, Edinburgh, Scotland, 4-6 July 2019.

Teeter, Preston and Sandberg, Jorgen (2017). The role of narratives in asset bubble formation: the case of the U.S. tech bubble. Ninth International Symposium on Process Organization Studies, Kos, Greece, 22-24 June 2017.

Teeter, Preston and Sandberg, Jorgen (2015). Cracking the enigma of asset bubbles with narratives. The 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada, 7–11 August 2015. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2015.10706abstract

Teeter, Preston and Sandberg, Jorgen (2015). How Policy Uncertainty Affects Organizational Responses to Flexible Environmental Regulations. The 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada, 7–11 August 2015. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2015.10653abstract

Teeter, Preston and Sandberg, Jorgen (2014). Rethinking environmental strategy: The role of regulatory response. The 74th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 1–5 August 2014. Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2014.10707abstract

Teeter, Preston and Sandberg, Jorgen (2014). Developing a narrative perspective of asset bubbles. The 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Sydney, Australia, 3–5 December 2014. Southport, QLD, Australia: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management.

Dall'Alba, Gloria and Sandberg, Jorgen (2013). Learning for work: a lifeworld perspective. ECER 2013: European Conference on Educational Research, Istanbul, Turkey, 10-13 September, 2013.

Lamb, Peter William and Sandberg, Jorgen (2012). Small firm internationalisation competence: An owner-manager perspective. AIB 2012 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, 30 June - 3 July 2012. East Lansing, MI, United States: Academy of International Business.

Lamb, Peter, Liesch, Peter W. and Sandberg, Jorgen (2012). Small firm internationalisation competence. Australian and New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA) Annual Conference 2012, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 12-14 April 2012. Adelaide, SA, Australia: ANZIBA.

Marshall, Amber and Sandberg, Jorgen (2011). Sensemaking in 'real' versus virtual environments: A comparison and challenge. Third International Symposium on Process Organization Studies, Corfu, Greece, 16-18 June 2011.

O'Leary, Jane and Sandberg, Jörgen (2010). How societal context shapes the practice of managing diversity. 24th ANZAM Conference 2010, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 8-10 December, 2010. Australia: ANZAM.

Lamb, Peter, Sandberg, Jorgen and Liesch, Peter (2010). Revealing internationalisation practices of the small firm. 2010 Academy of International Business: "International Business in Tough Times", Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 25-29 June 2010. East Lansing, MI, USA: Academy of International Business.

Sandberg, Jörgen and Tsoukas, Haridimos (2009). Being-in-the-world, practical rationality, and organizational research: Notes for theory development. PROS First International Symposium on Process Organization Studies: Sensemaking and Organizing, Pissouri, Cyprus, 11-13 June 2009. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199594566.001.0001

Pinnington, Ashly H. and Sandberg, Jorgen (2009). Historical transitions in the individual and organizational capabilities of professional competence. 25th EGOS Colloquium 2009: Passion for creativity and innovation, Barcelona, Spain, 2-4 July 2009.

Alvesson, Mats and Sandberga, Jorgen (2009). Generating research questions through problematization: The case of research in power, resistance and hegemony in organizations. 25th EGOS Colloquium 2009: Passion for creativity and innovation, Barcelona, Spain, 2-4 July 2009.

Sandberg, J. and Dall'Alba, G. (2008). Knowing-in-professional-practice: A life-world perspective. The Practice of the Professions: Clifford Chance Conference on Professions, Professionals, and Organizations of Professionals, Oxford, U.K., 6-8 July, 2008.

O'Leary, J. and Sandberg, J. (2008). Understanding the practice of managing diversity. 22nd ANZAM Conference 2008, Auckland, New Zealand, 2-5 December, 2008. Lindfield, NSW: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management.

Bolander, P. and Sandberg, J. (2007). Understanding the theory-practice gap in selection: A discourse analytic approach. The Third Organization Studies Summer Workshop: ‘Organization Studies as Applied Science: The Generation and Use of Academic Knowledge about Organizations’, Crete, Greece, 7–9 June 2007. Berlin, Germany: European Group for Organizational Studies.

O'Leary, J. and Sandberg, J. (2007). Making managing diversity visible: Applying a practice-based perspective. 5th International Critical Management Studies Conference (CMS 2007), Manchester, 11-13 July, 2007. Hamilton, New Zealand: Waikato Management School.

Lamb, P., Sandberg, J. and Liesch, P. (2006). Firm internationalization: A competence perspective. The Australian and New Zealand International Business Academy Conference, Wellington, N.Z., 2006.

Bengtsson, J., Sandberg, J. and Dall'Alba, G. (2006). Life-world phenomenology: Returning to practice anew. Re-turn to Practice: Understanding Organization As It Happens, Second Organization Studies Summer Workshop, Mykonos, Greece, 15–16 June, 2006. London:

Parker, P., Sandberg, J. and Trevor-Roberts, E. (2006). Avoid, ignore or accept? Developing genres of career uncertainty. EURAM 2006 Conference Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 17-20 May, 2006.

O'Leary, J. C. and Sandberg, J. (2006). Competence in managing diversity: Developing a typology of the field. Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, Georgia, 11-16 August, 2006. New York: Academy of Management.

Sandberg, J. and Pinnington, A. (2006). Professional competence as ways of being: An existential ontological perspective. The Second Organization Studies Summer Workshop:‘Re-turn to Practice: Understanding Organization, Mykonos, Greece, 15–16 June 2006.

Trevor-Roberts, E., Pinnington, A. and Sandberg, J. (2005). Understanding Narrative: A Metatheoretical Review of the Narrative Field. The 21th EGOS Conference, Berlin, Germany, 30 June - 2 July, 2005.

Johnston, A. and Sandberg, J. (2005). 'Looking good, feeling better': Consumption, Control and the Aesthetics of Exclusivity in the Service Encounter. 4th International Critical Management Studies Conference, Cambridge, UK, 4-6 July, 2005. Waikato, NZ: Waikato Management School.

Lamb, P. W., Sandberg, J. and Liesch, P. W. (2005). Phenomenography: Understanding internationalisation from a practitioner perspective. Academy of Management 2005 Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 5-10 August, 2005. Hawaii: Academy of Management.

Lamb, P. W., Sandberg, J. and Liesch, P. W. (2004). Understanding the practice of the small firm's internationalisation process: An interpretive approach. Australian and New Zealand International Business Association 2004 Conference (ANZIBA), Canberra, Australia, 5-6 November 2004. Canberra, Australia: University of Canberra.

Lamb, P. W., Sandberg, J. and Liesch, P. W. (2004). Small firm internationalisation; understanding the practice through an interpretive approach. 46th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, Stockholm, Sweden, 10-13 July, 2004. USA: Academy of International Business.

Hoch, J., Schembri, S. and Sandberg, J. (2003). Service recovery competence: Towards an interpretive approach. The Academy of Marketing Conference Aston Business School, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, 2003.

Schembri, S. and Sandberg, J. (2003). Understanding service quality through experience: Unveiling the customers perspective. 3rd International Conference on Critical Management Studies, Lancaster University, UK, 7-9 July, 2003.

Schembri, S. and Sandberg, J. (2003). Recognizing consumer understanding of service quality. The 8th International Conference on Marketing and Development, Bangkok, Thailand, 2003.

Dall'Alba, G. and Sandberg, J. (2002). Professional skill development in uncertain times. AARE 2002 International Education Research Conference, Brisbane, 1-5 Decembe,r 2002. Coldstream, Victoria: Australian Association for Research in Education.

Sandberg, J. (2002). The ontology of human competence: A Heideggerian framework. Second International Conference on Reason in Practice, Oxford, UK, 26-29 June, 2002.

Schembri, S. and Sandberg, J. (2002). Unveiling consumer understanding of service quality. 2nd International Services Marketing Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 3-5 July, 2002. St Lucia, Qld.: Graduate School of Management, University of Queensland.

Schembri, S. and Sandberg, J. (2002). Recognizing consumer understanding of service quality. International Marketing and Development Conference, Vietnam, 2002.

Schembri, S. T. and Sandberg, J. (2001). Researching and understanding the service quality experience. 2nd ServSIG Research Conference 2001: SERVSIG 2001, Sydney, Australia, May 26-28, 2001. Sydney, NSW: Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University.

Barinaga, E. and Sandberg, J. (2001). Understanding interaction in cultural diverse groups using a performative view of language. The Oyssey of Organizing, Lyon, France, July 5-7, 2001. Lyon, France: E M Lyon, Universite Lumiere.

Barinaga, E. and Sandberg, J. (2001). Vagueness: The dynamics of a knowledge constructing process. Manchester, UK, 11-13th July, 2001. Manchester, UK: Manchester School of Management (UMIST).

Barinaga, E. and Sandberg, J. (2001). Construction of knowledge in multicultural groups. 2nd Critical Management Studies Conference, Manchester, UK, 11-13th July, 2001. Manchester, UK: Manchester School of Management (UMIST).

Sandberg, J. and Mcauley, P. (2001). The human relationship of managerial leadership. 2nd Critical Management Studies Conference, Manchester, UK, 11-13th July, 2001. Manchester, UK: Manchester School of Management (UMIST).

Schembri, S. T. and Sandberg, J. (2001). Understanding service quality: From attributes to experience. 2nd Critical Management Studies Conference, Manchester, UK, 11-13th July, 2001. Manchester, UK: Manchester School of Management (UMIST).

Pinnington, A. H. and Sandberg, J. (2001). Knowledge workers and their work: A relational theory of competence. Developments in Knowledge Management, Oxford, UK, 13-14th September, 2001. Oxford,UK: Said Business School.

DallAlba, Gloria and Sandberg, Jörgen (1996). Educating for competence in professional practice. European Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 26-31 August 1995. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer . doi: 10.1007/BF00125578

O'Quinn, Richard, Sandberg, Jorgen and Spee, Paul (2021). Strategic decision-making at MML. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: University Of Queensland.

Sandberg, J. and Dall' Alba, G. (2002). Reframing the practice of competence development. Stockholm, Sweden: IFL.

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