Organizing and the process of sensemaking

Organization Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 409-421

  Weick, Karl E ^a   Sutcliffe, Kathleen M ^a   Obstfeld, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Articulation; Identity; Interpreting; Power; Sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344446363     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1050.0133     Document Type: Review

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