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The Power of Rituals
van den Ende, A.L.
2015
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van den Ende, A. L. (2015). The Power of Rituals: A Study of Transition Rituals in the Life Cycle of Complex Construction Projects. CPI – KONINKLIJKE WÖHRMANN.
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Table of contents
Preface ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Acknowledgement ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Chapter 1: General introduction ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Research aim and question ... Error! Bookmark not defined. The context of complex construction projects ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Research approach ... Error! Bookmark not defined. General methodology ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Case descriptions: Introduction into the field ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Dissertation outline ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Chapter 2: Theoretical framework ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Conceptualizing ritual ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Rituals in organizations ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Transition rituals in the project life cycle ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Conceptual lenses ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Chapter 3: The ritualization of transitions in the project life cycle .... Error! Bookmark not
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Summary ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Introduction ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Theoretical Framework ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Methodology ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Transition rituals for transitioning projects ... Error! Bookmark not defined. The practice of transition rituals: How ritualization takes place ... Error! Bookmark not
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The instance of transition rituals: When ritualization takes place ... Error! Bookmark not
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The meaning of transition rituals: Why ritualization takes place ... Error! Bookmark not
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Discussion ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Conclusion ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Chapter 4: The point of no return ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
A performative lens to ritual ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Methodology ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Demarcation of time and space ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Legitimization of symbolic performance ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Catalysis of a point of no return ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Discussion ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Conclusion ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Chapter 5: Machine baptisms and heroes of the underground ... Error! Bookmark not
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Summary ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Introduction ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Sociomateriality ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Performativity and ritual performance ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Research methods and analysis ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Sociomaterial entanglement in the Amsterdam North-South line project .. Error! Bookmark
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Material agency and performativity ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Sociomaterial reconfiguration: The machine baptism and name-giving ritual ... Error!
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Chapter 6: Rebalancing the disturbance ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Summary ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Introduction: Urban Megaprojects (UMPs) ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Contested nature of UMPs ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Old versus New UMPs ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Participation of citizens in UMPs ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Methodology ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Findings of the North-South Line and Railzone UMPs ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Discussion ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Conclusion ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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Theoretical contributions ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Contribution of conceptual lenses ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Practical contributions ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Critical discussion ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Suggestions for future research ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Methodological reflection ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Final words ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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