The paradox of sensemaking in organizational analysis

Organization

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-196

  Allard Poesi, Florence ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b Institut de Recherche en Gestion   (France)

Author keywords

Grounded methodology; Interpretivism; Knowledge; Paradox; Participative action research; Postmodernism; Sensemaking; Verstehen

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444405926     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508405051187     Document Type: Article

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