Narratives as sources of stability and change in organizations: Approaches and directions for future research
Although narrative analysis has made significant advances in organization and
management studies, scholars have not yet unleashed its full potential. This review provides …
management studies, scholars have not yet unleashed its full potential. This review provides …
Instruments for exploring organizational culture: A review of the literature
Organizational culture is widely considered to be one of the most significant factors in
reforming and modernizing public administration and service delivery. This article …
reforming and modernizing public administration and service delivery. This article …
Sensemaking in organizations: Taking stock and moving forward
S Maitlis, M Christianson - Academy of management annals, 2014 - journals.aom.org
Sensemaking is the process through which people work to understand issues or events that
are novel, ambiguous, confusing, or in some other way violate expectations. As an activity …
are novel, ambiguous, confusing, or in some other way violate expectations. As an activity …
[图书][B] How schools do policy: Policy enactments in secondary schools
Over the last 20 years, international attempts to raise educational standards and improve
opportunities for all children have accelerated and proliferated. This has generated a state of …
opportunities for all children have accelerated and proliferated. This has generated a state of …
Studying teachers' sensemaking to investigate teachers' responses to professional development focused on new standards
Recent research on teacher professional development (PD) underscores the importance of
the coherence of PD with standards, curriculum, and assessment. Teachers' judgments of …
the coherence of PD with standards, curriculum, and assessment. Teachers' judgments of …
Policy actors: Doing policy work in schools
This paper considers the 'policy work'of teacher actors in schools. It focuses on the 'problem
of meaning'and offers a typology of roles and positions through which teachers engage with …
of meaning'and offers a typology of roles and positions through which teachers engage with …
Research methods for managers
J Gill, P Johnson - 2010 - torrossa.com
Dr Phil Johnson is Professor of HRM at The School of Management, Sheffield University. He
has undertaken and published research mainly in the areas of epistemology, methodology …
has undertaken and published research mainly in the areas of epistemology, methodology …
From hero to villain to hero: Making experience sensible through embodied narrative sensemaking
A Cunliffe, C Coupland - Human relations, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
This article aims to make a contribution to the literature by addressing an undertheorized
aspect of sensemaking: its embodied narrative nature. We do so by integrating a …
aspect of sensemaking: its embodied narrative nature. We do so by integrating a …
We're changing—Or are we? Untangling the role of progressive, regressive, and stability narratives during strategic change implementation
S Sonenshein - Academy of management Journal, 2010 - journals.aom.org
Data from a Fortune 500 retailer suggest that managers tell strategically ambiguous,
interwoven narratives about how an organization changes and how it remains the same …
interwoven narratives about how an organization changes and how it remains the same …
Micro‐practices of strategic sensemaking and sensegiving: How middle managers interpret and sell change every day
L Rouleau - Journal of Management studies, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
abstract This paper looks at the workings of ongoing primary sensemaking and sensegiving
micro‐practices by which middle managers interpret and sell strategic change at the …
micro‐practices by which middle managers interpret and sell strategic change at the …