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Results
The analysis further suggests that the different boundary types may be
connected. For example, when peripheral program participants did not
identify with the change program, indicating the existence of an identity
boundary, they did not prioritize program-related work, thus reinforcing
the temporal boundary. The fact that the perceived strength of each
boundary type within each case seems to be quite well in line supports this
observation. However, a more detailed analysis of the linkages between
different boundary types is beyond the scope of this study.
As discussed briefly in the previous section, the findings also indicated
that the boundaries were not static but they developed and evolved as the
program initiation and planning proceeded. Nonetheless, the research
setting does not allow for a systematic analysis of the boundary
development over time, and a further investigation of the development of
the case programs’ boundaries will not be carried out within the scope of
this study. Next, attention is focused on the boundary activities that
concern the program-parent organization boundary.
4.3 Boundary activities at the program-parent organization
boundary
During the analysis, boundary activities were identified and a
categorization of boundary activities into different types was formed. The
process of identifying and analyzing the boundary activities is described in
detail in the methodology chapter (section 3.5).
4.3.1 Different types of boundary activities at the program-parent
organization boundary
The analysis revealed altogether 606 quotations in the interview data that
were interpreted to illustrate boundary activity. These activities were
analyzed to represent ten different types of boundary activity. These ten
types of boundary activities revealed by the analysis may be further
categorized into four main categories according to their direction in relation
to the program-parent organization boundary. The different types of
boundary activities included in each category are illustrated in Figure 12.
Next, each of the ten boundary activity types is characterized and
illustrative quotes from the interviews are provided to describe the
activities. After that, case-specific distributions of boundary activities are
presented.
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