Different studies in this issue exemplify these
different ontological views. For example, Klarner
and Raisch (2013) examine the relative performance
of different temporal patterns of organizational
change, reflecting a substantive metaphysics
wherein change patterns are seen as something that
happens to organizations viewed as fixed identifiable
entities. Similarly, Bingham and Kahl (2013)
track schémas for imderstanding computers by focusing
on shifts in the language surrounding "the
computer," assumed to refer to the same basic entity
over time. Such a perspective lies at the foundation
of much of the previous literature on organizational
change and has indeed given rise to many
important insights. The focus of this type of research
is on how and why such changes occvir,
whereby change is seen as a succession of movements
of a recognizable entity over time