Temporal work in strategy making

Organization Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 965-995

  Kaplan, Sarah ^a   Orlikowski, Wanda J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakdowns; Cognition; Interpretation; Practice lens; Provisional settlements; Sensemaking; Strategy as practice; Temporal work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880980206     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1120.0792     Document Type: Article

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