Talking about routines: The role of reflective talk in routine change

Organization Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 678-697

  Dittrich, Katharina ^a   Guérard, Stéphane ^b   Seidl, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Change; Organizational routines; Practice perspective; Reflection; Routine dynamics; Talk

Indexed keywords

EID: 85004043592     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/ORSC.2015.1024     Document Type: Article

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