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Sensemaking, Organizing, and Surpassing: A Handoff*
dc.contributor.authorWeick, Karl E.
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-04T16:00:02Z
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dc.date.available2020-11-04T16:00:02Z
dc.date.issued2020-11
dc.identifier.citationWeick, Karl E. (2020). "Sensemaking, Organizing, and Surpassing: A Handoff*." Journal of Management Studies 57(7): 1420-1431.
dc.identifier.issn0022-2380
dc.identifier.issn1467-6486
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/163428
dc.description.abstractIn this essay, I reflect on the intellectual influences that led to the genesis of the Social Psychology of Organizing and assess the way forward. I stress that the Social Psychology aspired to provide an outline of an organizational epistemology. I particularly focus on the interplay between experience and understanding, highlighting the following features: self‐validating prophecy, partiality toward similarity, ambivalence between belief and doubt, and understanding as ongoing accomplishment. I conclude with a discussion of the three papers published in this Special issue.
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.publisherAmerican Psychological Assn
dc.subject.otherepistemology
dc.subject.otherorganizing
dc.subject.otherprocess
dc.subject.othersensemaking
dc.subject.otherunderstanding
dc.titleSensemaking, Organizing, and Surpassing: A Handoff*
dc.typeArticle
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelManagement
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelBusiness
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/joms.12617
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Management Studies
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