During the first year of the action, EUFORPP performed the following main activities a) launched its web platform (that connects scholars and social stakeholders), b) organized its International Annual Meeting, c) participated in international conferences, and d) created knowledge in paradox and plurality to disseminate in society.
EUFORPP web platform is an important milestone of the action, because this is the first platform that connects researchers and practitioners to discuss paradoxes and its tensions.
The International Annual Meeting in Lisbon gathered scholars from around the world, and practitioners, to discuss the topic of “Family Firms” and its challenges (e.g. sustainability) from a paradoxical perspective. EUFORPP was able to attract both early stage and experienced researchers to the paradoxical field. These had the opportunity to have their researcher analyzed from a paradoxical perspective. Moreover, the participation of practitioners (e.g. CEOs) in our activities, was a step further the creation of a community of practice, with great potential to influence society at large.
The participation of EUFORPP researchers in other established international conferences, and the promotion of activities in these events, was essential to create awareness of EUFORPP, to expand our community of researchers, and to enhance our potential to develop high-quality research.
EUFORPP also started its journey to disseminate knowledge in society. We created a series of case studies that analyze several organizational events from a paradoxical perspective. These cases are freely available for educators to use in their classes. They have the potential to disseminate paradox and plurality knowledge, especially in the future generation of leaders (i.e. undergraduate and master’s students) and current organizational leaders (through their usage in Executive Education courses).
To sum up, as the main results achieved so far, we highlight the intention of PhD students to work with EUFORPP partners and include the paradox and plurality framework into their research. The participation in international conferences compelled researchers from around the world to join EUFORPP. Moreover, organizations have shown interest in participating in our future activities.
