Lockett, Andy, Currie, Graeme, Finn, Rachael, Martin, G. and Waring, Justin (2014) The influence of social position on sensemaking about organizational change. Academy of Management Journal, 57 (4). pp. 1102-1129. doi:10.5465/amj.2011.0055 ISSN 0001-4273.

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Abstract

Traditionally, scholars have examined the influence of actors' sensemaking on context; in this paper we explore the reverse. Employing Bourdieu's Theory of Practice we explore how actors' unique contexts, as encapsulated by their social positions, provide the important "raw materials" for their sensemaking. Drawing on a case-study of three focal actors, located in different social positions in the English National Health Service, but tasked with enacting a common organizational change, we explore how actors' capital endowments and dispositions shape their sensemaking about organizational change. To synthesize our findings, we develop a theoretical model of the influence of social position on sensemaking.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Journal or Publication Title:	Academy of Management Journal
Publisher:	Academy of Management
ISSN:	0001-4273
Official Date:	1 August 2014
Dates:	Date Event 1 August 2014 Published 19 July 2013 Available 4 July 2013 Accepted 19 January 2011 Submitted
Volume:	57
Number:	4
Page Range:	pp. 1102-1129
DOI:	10.5465/amj.2011.0055
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
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