Making sense of the sensemaking perspective: Its constituents, limitations, and opportunities for further development

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue S1, 2015, Pages S6-S32

  Sandberg, Jörgen ^a   Tsoukas, Haridimos ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organizing; Process; Sensemaking; Sensemaking perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921472711     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.1937     Document Type: Article

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