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Making Sense of the Environment: The Role of Perceived Effectiveness

dc.contributor.authorMcCabe, Donald L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDutton, Jane E.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T19:31:04Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T19:31:04Z
dc.date.issued1993en_US
dc.identifier.citationMcCabe, Donald; Dutton, Jane (1993). "Making Sense of the Environment: The Role of Perceived Effectiveness." Human Relations 46(5): 623-643. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67487>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0018-7267en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67487
dc.description.abstractThis manuscript develops and explores two ideas: (1) that perceptions of environmental uncertainty are after-the-fact rationalizations used by decision makers to explain strong or weak effectiveness assessments, and (2) that different contexts motivate different sense-making outcomes. The findings, based on a sample of senior decision makers from 34 firms in two industries, suggest that assessments of effectiveness and perceptions of environmental uncertainty are related through decision makers' sense-making efforts. The manuscript also addresses the limitations and implications of these results.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.subject.otherDecision Makingen_US
dc.subject.otherEnvironmental Uncertaintyen_US
dc.subject.otherPerceived Effectivenessen_US
dc.subject.otherSense-makingen_US
dc.titleMaking Sense of the Environment: The Role of Perceived Effectivenessen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSocial Worken_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSociologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumSchool of Business Administration, The University of Michigan, 701 Tappan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1234.en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherGraduate School of Management, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 92 New Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102.en_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/67487/2/10.1177_001872679304600503.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/001872679304600503en_US
dc.identifier.sourceHuman Relationsen_US
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