Navigating the perpetual paradox: Unpacking dynamic managerial capabilities through a liminal lens
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This study redefines dynamic managerial capabilities (DMCs) through the framework of liminality, revealing their emergence amidst the paradox of change and stability. Integrating liminality theory with DMC micro‐foundations—managerial cognition, human capital, and social capital—it proposes a novel position‐processual framework across pre‐liminal, liminal, and post‐liminal phases. The key finding is that DMCs are not just sustained but actively forged within change, leveraging liminality as a productive adaptive space. As managers transform their cognition, human, and social capital through these phases, DMCs dynamically evolve via a cyclical process of sensing, seizing, and reconfiguring. This perspective underscores how the strategic leveraging of these managerial factors bridges individual capabilities to robust, firm‐level dynamic capabilities, positioning managers as central to generating dynamic stability through continuous change.
Source: European Management Review
DOI: 10.1111/emre.70053
Author: Vaneet Kaur
Institution: Kent State University
Language: English
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7125415173