Eero Vaara

Visiting Distinguished Professor
Visiting Distinguished Professor
E706 Dept. Management Studies

His research focuses on organizational and strategic change that he examines from discursive and narrative perspectives. This work deals with strategy process and practice research, studies of radical change such as mergers and acquisitions, work on institutional change and legitimation, research on multinational corporations and globalization, and historical analysis of management and organizations

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Best Article Finalist 2023 - Academy of Management Discoveries

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Management Studies Jan 2023

2014 OMT Best Published Paper Award

OMT's (Organization and Management Theory division of the AOM) Best Published Paper Award recognizes a journal paper published in the previous year that advances our theoretical understanding of organizations, organizing, and management. The award was for Cornelissen, Mantere & Vaara's "The Contraction of Meaning: The Combined Effect of Communication, Emotions, and Materiality on Sensemaking in the Stockwell Shooting."
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Management Studies Jan 2014

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Nationalism and Contemporary Organizations: An Integrative Theoretical Framework and Agenda for Future Research

Alexei Koveshnikov, Anoop Adhur Kutty, Janne Tienari, Eero Vaara 2026 Academy of Management Annals

Middle managers’ regulation of the emotions of others in strategy implementation : a process perspective

Henrika Franck, Philip Gylfe, Timo Vuori, Eero Vaara 2025 Journal of Management Studies

Cultivating insightful theory-building in qualitative research

Ewald Kibler, Eero Vaara, Lauri Laine 2025 Journal of Business Venturing Insights

Near-Histories and Strategy Emergence: A Microhistorical Perspective

Juha Antti Lamberg, Eero Vaara, Pasi Nevalainen, Henrikki Tikkanen 2025 Administrative Science Quarterly

Envisioning Entrepreneurial Engagement in North Korea

Ewald Kibler, Bernadetta Ginting-Szczesny, Eero Vaara, Jukka-Pekka Heikkilä 2022 Academy of Management Discoveries

From Big Data to Rich Theory: Integrating Critical Discourse Analysis with Structural Topic Modeling

Ana M. Aranda, Kathrin Sele, Helen Etchanchu, Jonne Y. Guyt, Eero Vaara 2021 European Management Review

Maintaining Strategic Ambiguity for Protection

Giulia Cappellaro, Amelia Compagni, Eero Vaara 2021 Academy of Management Journal

North Korean Entrepreneurial Dreamers

Ewald Kibler, Bernadetta Ginting-Szczesny, Eero Vaara, Jukka-Pekka Heikkilä 2021 Academy of Management Insights

Can you speak Covid-19? Languages and social inequality in management studies

Rebecca Piekkari, Susanne Tietze, Jo Angouri, Renate Meyer, Eero Vaara 2021 Journal of Management Studies