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As the introductory chapter, the first chapter aims to provide the overall framework for the book and open up about the motivation behind writing it. Before introducing the book’s structure and giving an overview of the covered topics, I highlight the need for a clear and explicit conceptualization of time and temporality in organization studies to enable meaningful debates and enhance further development of the field. I briefly introduce the following chapters with their different ontological assumptions and varying approaches to time and temporality.

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Pulk, K. (2022). Introduction. In: Time and Temporality in Organisations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90696-2_1

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