Title: Cognition as a driver and barrier of strategic renewal: case of the Finnish Broadcasting Company

Authors: Päivi Maijanen

Addresses: School of Business, Lappeenranta University of Technology, P.O. Box 20, FI-53851 Lappeenranta, Finland

Abstract: This study explores a renewal capability of an incumbent organisation meeting remarkable organisational changes. The study focuses on analysing what kind of shared mindsets arise during the organisational renewal. The dominant logic research tradition will be used as a theoretical foundation for the study. The empirical part analyses also the impact of demographic characteristics, such as work experience and organisational level, on change attitudes and future expectations in terms of old and new dominant logic. According to the results, the change creates a dispersed situation in the organisational cognition and different shared mental mindsets arise as to the old and new dominant logic. Furthermore, the mindsets develop path-dependently and differ between the demographic subgroups. Empirical data were collected by means of a quantitative survey, which was carried out for all the employees of the Finnish Broadcasting Company.

Keywords: strategic renewal; public broadcasting; strategic management; dominant logic; shared mental mindset; path dependency; Finland; organisational change; organisational renewal; demographics; work experience; organisational level; change attitudes; future expectations; organisational cognition.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2015.069141

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2015 Vol.9 No.3, pp.351 - 374

Published online: 30 Apr 2015 *

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