The article contributes to the literature on organizational discourse, metaphors, and change, by providing an empirical account of how the discursive translation of imposed metaphors that takes place during organizational entry shapes organization realities for new employees and redefines the concept of organizational entry. A recontextualized organizational entry can potentially provide the discursive space necessary for organizational change to occur. New employee induction is a process, the article proposes, during which situated discourses construct an environment that surfaces current organizational assumptions and invites new interpretations to emerge. This environment or space can become a reflexive, interventionist arena for jointly effecting proactive change initiatives and dialogical organizational development.
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