In closing, we note that this Special Research
Forum on Process Studies of Change in Organization
and Management represents a way station of
its own in the development of a thriving community
of scholars interested in and knowledgeable
about process research. Through activities such as
the Academy of Management's professional development
workshops on process research (information
at processresearchmethods.org) and the annual
Symposium on Process Organization Studies
(www.process-symposium.com), researchers have
been encouraged to hone their skills and ideas with
a view to generating more rigorous and more insightful
contributions on the processes of change in
organization and management, worthy of publication
in the field's premier journals. We hope that
this collection of articles will serve as inspiration
for others.