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Brown, A. D. (Andrew D.), Stacey, Patrick and Nandhakumar, Joe (2008) Making sense of sensemaking narratives. Human Relations, Vol.61 (No.8). pp. 1035-1062. doi:10.1177/0018726708094858 ISSN 0018-7267.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0018726708094858
Abstract
This article analyses the agreed and discrepant sensemaking of members of a project team. Embedded in a narratological approach to sensemaking research, we argue that before scholars may be able to understand in detail how agreements are reached and action becomes coordinated, we need first to take seriously the proposition that sensemaking occurs in the context of individuals' idiosyncratic efforts at identity construction. This, we suggest, means attending to the narratives that actors tell about their work and self both for others and their selves. The key research contribution that we make is to demonstrate how work on 'impression management' and 'attributional egotism' may be employed in order to account for discrepant sensemaking. This is important in the context of a literature that has left relatively unexplored the reasons why people interpret differently experiences they have in common.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Innovation, Knowledge & Organisational Networks Research Unit Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Information Systems & Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Teams in the workplace, Management -- Psychological aspects, Organisational behaviour, Computer games -- Design | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Human Relations | ||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0018-7267 | ||||
Official Date: | August 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.61 | ||||
Number: | No.8 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 28 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1035-1062 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0018726708094858 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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