There are few constructs that are as ubiquitous across traditions of management and
organizational research, and indeed the social sciences more generally, as that of frame or …

The study of culture is on the rise; still, this popularity comes with the cost of increasing
fragmentation, as definitions and conceptualizations proliferate. The objectives of this review …

Words are part of almost every marketplace interaction. Online reviews, customer service
calls, press releases, marketing communications, and other interactions create a wealth of …

This research uses sensemaking theory to explore how emerging blockchain technology
may transform supply chains. We investigate three research questions (RQs): What are …

Increasingly, management researchers are using topic modeling, a new method borrowed
from computer science, to reveal phenomenon-based constructs and grounded conceptual …

Organizations turn to multistakeholder partnerships (MSPs) to meet challenges that they
cannot handle alone. By tapping the resources of diverse stakeholders, MSPs develop the …

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 …

This article examines the effects of power on sensemaking processes, bridging two major,
yet traditionally separate, literatures in organization studies. Dividing power into its systemic …

Southern Theory presents the case for a radical re-thinking of social science and its
relationships to knowledge, power and democracy on a world scale. Mainstream social …

Making Sense of the Organization elaborates on the influential idea that organizations are
interpretation systems that scan, interpret, and learn. These selected essays represent a …