Includes bibliographical references.

Preface / William A. Pasmore, Richard Woodman and A.B. Rami Shani -- Built to change organizations and responsible progress: twin pillars of sustainable success / Christopher G. Worley, Edward E. Lawler III -- Breaking out of strategy vectors: reintroducing culture / Julia Balogun, Steven W. Floyd -- Transcending paradox: movement as a means for sustaining high performance / Jason A. Wolf -- Relational space: the heart of sustainability collaborations / Hilary Bradbury Huang, Benyamin Lichtenstein, John S. Carroll and Peter M. Senge -- Seeking common ground in the diversity and diffusion of action research and collaborative management research action modalities: toward a general empirical method / David Coghlan -- Art or artist? an analysis of eight large-group methods for driving large-scale change / Svetlana Shmulyian, Barry Bateman, Ruth G. Philpott and Neelu K. Gulri -- That's not how I see it: how trust in the organization, leadership, process, and outcome influence individual responses to organizational change / Robert M. Sloyan, James D. Ludema -- The impact of trust on the organizational merger process / Paul Michalenko -- The mature workforce and the changing nature of work / Kay Quam.

Volume Eighteen of Research in Organizational Change and Development contains nine papers that address cutting edge challenges in organizational change, report the results of change-related research, and advocate methodological advances in the field. Papers by noted international authors such as Ed Lawler & Chris Worley, Hillary Bradbury, Benyamin Lichtenstein, John Carrol & Peter Senge, Rob Sloyan & Jim Ludema, and David Coghlan make for fascinating reading and set an ambitious agenda for future scholarship.

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