Maria Rita Tagliaventi is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of Bologna, Italy.

• PrefaceChapter 1: The Foundations of LiminalityIntroductionBetween and Betwixt: Experiencing TransitionsTimeliness and SpacelessnessRites, Ceremonies, and SymbolsThe Anti-StructureCommunitasIdentity Work Liminality as a Realm of Possibilities, but also a Domain of AnguishThe Creative Power of Liminal PersonaeThe Negative Feelings Associated to Liminality The Liminoid ExperienceConclusionChapter 2: Liminality and Organizations2.1 IntroductionThe Changing Nature of Work Arrangements and the Diffusion of LiminalityLiminality across Organizational BoundariesLiminality as Contingent WorkLiminality within a Single OrganizationLiminality as the Pursuit of Multiple Careers Liminality in Specific Organizational SettingsEntrepreneurship as Liminal ExperienceLiminality in Teams and the Relevance of Leadership The Liminal OrganizationThe Aftermath of Liminality in Organizational SettingsConclusionChapter 3: Emergent Perspectives on Liminality3.1 Introduction3.2 Liminality as a Protracted Experience3.3 Liminality as a Repeated (and Repeatable) Experience3.4 Liminality as a Dynamic Experience3.5 Liminality as Additive Experiences3.6 Liminality as Degree of Intensity of Experience3.7 Liminality as Creation of Practices3.8 ConclusionChapter 4: Towards a Model of Liminal ExperienceIntroductionPerception of Liminal Experience The Dimensions of Timeliness and Spacelessness The Dimension of Anti-structure The Dimensions of Communitas The Dimensions of Identity Work The Dimensions of Collective and Individual Practice ConclusionReferencesIndex

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