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Sandberg, Jörgen and Tsoukas, Haridimos (2020) Sensemaking reconsidered : towards a broader understanding through phenomenology. Organization Theory, 1 (1). doi:10.1177/2631787719879937 ISSN 2631-7877.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/2631787719879937
Abstract
We develop a typology of sensemaking in organizations that reconsiders existing sensemaking research by providing a more coherent and integrative conceptualization of what defines sensemaking and how it is connected with organizing. Drawing on existential phenomenology, we make the following core claims: (1) sensemaking is not a singular phenomenon but comprises four major types: immanent, involved-deliberate, detached-deliberate, and representational sensemaking; (2) all types of sensemaking originate and take place within specific practice worlds; (3) the core constituents of sensemaking within a practice world (sense–action nexus, temporality, embodiment, and language) are played out differently in each type of sensemaking. Furthermore, we elaborate the links between sensemaking and organizing, focusing especially on the connections between types and levels of sensemaking, and the consequences of sensemaking outcomes for organizing. Finally, we discuss how the typology contributes to the existing sensemaking perspective, outline methodological implications, and suggest ways of advancing sensemaking research.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HF Commerce H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Psychology, Industrial, Organizational behavior, Corporate culture , Corporations -- Sociological aspects, Teams in the workplace, Communication in organizations | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Organization Theory | ||||||||
Publisher: | SAGE Publications | ||||||||
ISSN: | 2631-7877 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 1 January 2020 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 1 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/2631787719879937 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 6 April 2020 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 6 April 2020 |
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