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October 3, 2025OrganizationOpen Access

Theorizing imaginary emergence: Insights from the field of social impact

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CLCheng LuWKWinston KwonSASamer Abdelnour

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This paper explores how new imaginaries develop in social impact contexts, indicating key dynamics in organizational studies.

Key Points

  • Imaginaries in the social impact field are shaped by structural interruptions and discursive interactions.
  • The study identifies three dynamics that facilitate the emergence of new imaginaries: structural interruption, discursive interaction, and material resonance.
  • Using a Cultural Political Economy approach, the research reveals how organizations navigate grand challenges through future-making.
  • Insights gained contribute to both imaginaries research and broader organizational scholarship on engaging with societal issues.

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Lu et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e034f7f0e39f13e7fa3327https://doi.org/10.1177/13505084251376801
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