This special issue explores the transformative role of discrete events in fostering changes at different organizational levels, challenging traditional feature-oriented approaches that focus on stable attributes of individuals, groups, and organizations. Joining the growing body of event-oriented research in diverse settings, the nine published articles evoke a novel theoretical lens (i.e., Event System Theory) to examine a number of discrete events (e.g., everyday change events, organizational downsizing, merger, corporate scandal, technology implementation, the U.S.–China trade war, the Black Lives Matter movement). Their findings demonstrate the interesting ways discrete events disrupt routines, prompt adaptation, and impact individual and collective behaviors across various levels within organizations. Our further analysis underscores the importance of adopting an event-oriented perspective for a better understanding of management issues, offering new insights and directions for future research. We hope this special issue provides a robust foundation for integrating event-centric research approaches into organizational theory, emphasizing the need for continued empirical investigation and theoretical refinement in a variety of management research domains, such as strategic management, organizational behavior, entrepreneurship, and human resource management.

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这是一个多事之秋：探索面向事件的组织研究方法


本期特刊探讨了离散事件在促进不同组织层面变革中的变革作用，挑战了传统的面向特征的方法，这些方法侧重于个人、团体和组织的稳定属性。这九篇已发表的文章加入了在不同环境中不断增长的以事件为导向的研究体系，唤起了一个新的理论视角（即事件系统理论）来研究许多离散的事件（例如，日常变化事件、组织裁员、合并、公司丑闻、技术实施、美中贸易战、黑人的命也是命运动）。他们的研究结果展示了离散事件以有趣的方式破坏常规、促进适应并影响组织内各个层面的个人和集体行为。我们的进一步分析强调了采用面向事件的视角以更好地理解管理问题的重要性，为未来的研究提供了新的见解和方向。我们希望本期特刊为将以事件为中心的研究方法整合到组织理论中提供坚实的基础，强调在各种管理研究领域（如战略管理、组织行为学、创业精神和人力资源管理）中持续进行实证调查和理论改进的必要性。