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Department of Organization
- Centre for Organization and Time (COT)

My main research interests focus questions of organization and time. Whereas many works focus on time as regular temporal structuring, I am particularly interested in what may be called an event-based understanding of time. The main thrust of my work on time is directed towards an events-based view inspired by Alfred North Whitehead’s philosophy.
Another, and related, aspect of time that interests me, is how actors construct different combinations of near and distant horizons extending both into the future and the past, and how does that construction take place? Here lie, I think, some of the ”secrets” of organizational continuity and change. At IOA I also direct the Centre for Organizational Time.
Organizational continuity and change
Organization and time
Theories of organization
MPG (Master of Public Governance)
SOL (Strategy, Organization and Leadership)
MBD (Master of Business Development)
PhD: Jonathan Schmidt and Sophie Cappelen
Hernes, Tor (2014) A Process theory of Organization. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hernes, Tor (2017) Process as the becoming of temporal trajectory. In Tsoukas, H. & Langley, A. (Eds) Sage Handbook of Process Organizational Studies. London: Sage Publications
Schultz, Majken and Tor Hernes (2013) A temporal perspective on organizational identity. Organization Science. 24(1):1-21
Lund : Studentlitteratur 2020, 392 p.
In: Actor-network Theory and Organizing. ed. /Barbara Czarniawska; Tor Hernes. Lund : Studentlitteratur 2020, p. 15-24
In: Proceedings of the Eightieth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Guclu Atinc. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2020, 1 p. (Academy of Management Proceedings)
In: Organization Studies, 13.3.2020
In: Strategic Organization, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2.2020, p. 106-135
In: Project Management Journal, Vol. 51, No. 4, 8.2020, p. 420-428
In: Actor-network Theory and Organizing. ed. /Barbara Czarniawska; Tor Hernes. Lund : Studentlitteratur 2020, p. 117-136
In: Organization Theory, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2020
In: Méthodes de Recherche Qualitatives Innovantes. ed. /Lionel Garreau; Pierre Romelaer. Paris : Economica 2019, p. 127-143 (Gestion)
In: Management Research: European Perspectives. . ed. /Sabina Siebert. New York : Routledge 2018, p. 27-40 (Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy, Vol. 73)
Frederiksberg : Samfundslitteratur 2018, 317 p.
In: The SAGE Handbook of Process Organization Studies. ed. /Ann Langley; Haridimos Tsoukas. London : SAGE Publications 2017, p. 356-372
Paper presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2017, 2017
In: Forskerbidrag til Ledelseskommissionen. ed. /Caroline Burchardt. København : Ledelseskommissionen 2017, p. 28-31
Paper presented at The 33rd EGOS Colloquium 2017, 2017
In: The SAGE Handbook of Process Organization Studies. ed. /Ann Langley; Haridimos Tsoukas. London : SAGE Publications 2017, p. 601-607
In: Proceedings of the 4th Organizations, Artifacts and Practices (OAP) Workshop: Rules, Regulations and Materiality in Management and Organization Studies. . ed. /Nathalie Mitev; François-Xavier de Vaujany; Paolo Spagnoletti; Yesh Nama. Paris : Université Paris Dauphine 2015, p. 79-83
Poster session presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2015, 2015
In: Journal of Change Management, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2015, p. 117-141
Oxford : Oxford University Press 2014, 241 p.
In: The Oxford Handbook of Process Philosophy and Organization Studies. ed. /Jenny Helin; Tor Hernes; Daniel Hjorth; Robin Holt. Oxford : Oxford University Press 2014, p. 255-271 (Oxford Handbooks in Business and Management)
In: European Management Journal, Vol. 32, No. 6, 12.2014, p. 852-857
In: Klassisk og moderne organisationsteori. ed. /Signe Vikkelsø; Peter Kjær. København : Hans Reitzels Forlag 2014, p. 279-301
In: The Oxford Handbook of Process Philosophy and Organization Studies. ed. /Jenny Helin; Tor Hernes; Daniel Hjorth; Robin Holt. Oxford : Oxford University Press 2014, p. 1-16 (Oxford Handbooks in Business and Management)
Oxford : Oxford University Press 2014, 656 p. (Oxford Handbooks in Business and Management)
In: Organization Science, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2013, p. 1-21
In: Management Learning, Vol. 44, No. 3, 7.2013, p. 253-266
In: Scandinavian Journal of Management, Vol. 29, No. 1, 2013, p. 1-6
Amsterdam : Elsevier 2013, 120 p. (Scandinavian Journal of Management, No. 1, Vol. 29)
In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Design Creativity. ICDC 2012. ed. /Alex Duffy; Yukari Nagai; Toshiharu Taura. Vol. 2, Glasgow : Design Society 2012, p. 325-332
In: Process, Sensemaking and Organizing. ed. /Tor Hernes; Sally Maitlis. Oxford : Oxford University Press 2010, p. 161-184
In: Construction Management and Economics, Vol. 28, No. 6, 2010, p. 695 - 705
In: Jyske Historiker, Vol. 126, 2010, p. 116-139
Paper presented at Construction Matters , 2010
Paper presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2010, 2010
In: Process, Sensemaking and Organizing. ed. /Tor Hernes; Sally Maitlis. Oxford : Oxford University Press 2010, p. 27-37
Oxford : Oxford University Press 2010, 326 p.
In: Economics and Morality: Anthropological Approaches. . ed. /Katherine E. Browne; B. Lynne Milgram. Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press 2009, p. 189-210 (Society for Economic Anthropology (SEA) Monographs, No. 26)
Paper presented at The 25th EGOS Colloquium 2009, 2009
Abingdon : Routledge 2009, 167 p.
In: Autopoiesis in Organization Theory and Practice. ed. /Rodrigo Magalhães; Ron Sanchez. Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing 2009, p. 69-88 (Advanced series in management)
In: Ethical Dilemmas in Management. ed. /Christina Garsten; Tor Hernes. Abingdon : Routledge 2009, p. 1-10
In: Ethical Dilemmas in Management. ed. /Christina Garsten; Tor Hernes. Abingdon : Routledge 2009, p. 148-159
In: Ethical Dilemmas in Management. ed. /Christina Garsten; Tor Hernes. Abingdon : Routledge 2009, p. 28-41
In: Børsen, 26.3.2020, p. 4
In: Tid til velfærd: Tidsorganisering i velfærdsprofessionerne. . ed. /Mie Plotnikof; Nana Vaaben. København : Hans Reitzels Forlag 2019, p. 9-11
In: Børsen, 10.10.2019, p. 4
København : Gyldendal 2016, 278 p.
In: Politiken, 13.9.2015, p. 11-12
In: Politiken, No. Kultur, 9.2.2011, p. 7-8
In: Boersen, 19.12.2008, p. 5
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2021
University of South-Eastern Norway
Adjunct Professor
2020
University of South-Eastern Norway
Adjunct Professor
2019
Université Paris-Dauphine
Visiting Professor
2018
Université Paris-Dauphine
Visiting Professor
University of South-Eastern Norway
Adjunct Professor