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Poole, Marshall Scott Poole, Marshall Scott Barley, William C Lammers, John C Barbour, Joshua B Whittaker, Joseph A 2022-08 application/pdf en text Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01 The student, Luisa Ruge-Jones, accepted the attached license on 2022-07-13 at 14:01. The student, Luisa Ruge-Jones, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2022-07-13 at 14:21. This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2022-07-15 at 09:02. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #18284 on 2022-11-15 at 21:40:08 Distributed tensions: managing collaboration across organizational actors and boundaries Ruge-Jones, Luisa 2022-07-15 Groups organizations communication collaboration tensions systems higher education This study complicates our current theorizing of tension management in organizations. I explore how we account for tensions in our theories of tension management that are a) distributed across different loci of control and b) tied to explicit organizational practices and processes that enable and constrain organizing. Current theories tend to focus on tension management strategies enacted through one agent. I argue that managing distributed tensions, characterized by multiple actors distributed across organizational boundaries, requires tension management through structuring processes explicitly tied to organizational practices. This complicates our current single-relationship theorizing of organizational tension management. To study this, I use a multi-case study approach. I am studying academic research collaborations as a site for observing distributed tension management, because academic organizations are in themselves inter-organizational and require continual boundary-crossing and negotiation to achieve organizational and individual goals. I use qualitative interviewing and analysis techniques and present vignettes about managing distributed tensions. I conclude by presenting a theory of distributed tension management through organizational structuring processes of legitimation, signification, and domination (Giddens, 1984). I also present practical implications for organizations as they work to support research activities and develop collaborative initiatives on their campus. Thesis eng https://hdl.handle.net/2142/116100 Copyright 2022 Luisa Ruge-Jones Ph.D. Dissertation Communication University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Communication