Breaking new ground in research on temporary organizations, this
volume of Research in the Sociology of Organizations brings together
papers that examine how temporary organizations navigate the tensions and deal
with the paradoxes that are the consequences of temporal limitation.


This volume explores diverse forms of temporary organizations
including: animation festivals, cultural celebrations, unconferences, start-up
accelerators, humanitarian emergency response, strategic initiatives, projects
and megaprojects, project portfolios and networks of projects. This volume uses
3 key questions to unify this empirical diversity:


1. The pace
and rhythm of temporary organizing: how do conflicting temporal norms shape
work and life in temporary organizations? 


2. What are
the tactics and practices that temporary organizations develop when dealing
with the tensions and paradoxes they confront? 


3. When
relying for resources and working on behalf of permanent organizations, how do
temporary organizations deal with the tensions between attachment to, and
detachment from, permanent organizations.