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
Julkaisut
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
From Cultural Differences To Identity Politics: A Critical Discursive Approach To National Identity in Multinational Corporations
Eero Vaara, Janne Tienari, Alexei Koveshnikov
2021
Journal of Management Studies