Learning through rare events: Significant interruptions at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum

Organization Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 846-860

  Christianson, Marlys K ^a   Farkas, Maria T ^b   Sutcliffe, Kathleen M ^b   Weick, Karl E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Organizing routines; Rare events; Sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749097016     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1080.0389     Document Type: Article

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