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Making sense of the sensemaking perspective : its constituents, limitations, and opportunities for further development

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Sandberg, Jörgen and Tsoukas, Haridimos (2015) Making sense of the sensemaking perspective : its constituents, limitations, and opportunities for further development. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 36 (S1). S6-S32. doi:10.1002/job.1937

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Abstract

Through a wide-ranging critical review of relevant publications, we explore and articulate what constitutes the sensemaking perspective in organization studies, as well as its range of applications and limitations. More specifically, we argue that sensemaking in organizations has been seen as consisting of specific episodes, is triggered by ambiguous events, occurs through specific processes, generates specific outcomes, and is influenced by several situational factors. Furthermore, we clarify the application range of the sensemaking perspective and identify, as well as account for, the types and aspects of organizational sensemaking that have been under-researched. We critically discuss the criticism that the sensemaking perspective has received so far and selectively expand on it. Finally, we identify the main limitations of the sensemaking perspective, which, if tackled, will advance it: the neglect of prospective sensemaking, the exclusive focus on disruptive episodes at the expense of more mundane forms of sensemaking implicated in routine activities, the ambiguous status of enactment, the conflation of first-order and second-order sensemaking, and the lack of proper attention to embodied sensemaking. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Organizational Behavior
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
ISSN: 0894-3796
Official Date: February 2015
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February 2015Published
Volume: 36
Number: S1
Page Range: S6-S32
DOI: 10.1002/job.1937
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
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