Saku Mantere

Saku Mantere is Professor of Strategy & Organization at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, and serves as Area Director, Strategy & Organization, and Editor-in-Chief of Delve. His research interests include Health Management, Integrated Management, Organization Identity, Organizational Theory, Strategic Management, and Strategy Process. He focuses on strategic organizations, strategic change, middle management agency, and methodological issues in management studies. His work has been published in journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Review, and Strategic Management Journal. Mantere has taught at various institutions, including Warwick Business School and Hanken School of Economics, and is affiliated with the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management.

Saku Mantere is a Professor of Strategy and Organization at McGill University, specializing in strategy, change, identity, theory development, and qualitative methods. His research explores how strategic processes and practices shape organizational behavior, with a focus on discursive perspectives, power dynamics, and sensemaking. Mantere's work emphasizes the role of narrative, rhetoric, and materiality in shaping strategic intent and organizational identity. His publications address topics such as strategic agency, reputation management, and the intersection of qualitative methods with organizational theory. Through critical discursive and sociomaterial approaches, he investigates how organizations navigate change and meaning-making in complex contexts.