Making Sense with Institutions: Context, Thought and Action in Karl Weick's Theory Export

@article{citeulike:2794272, abstract = {Karl Weick's sensemaking perspective has proven to be a central influence on process theories of organizing. Yet, one persistent criticism levelled at his work has been a neglect of the role of larger social and historical contexts in sensemaking. We address this critique by showing how institutional context is a necessary part of sensemaking. We propose that there are salient but unexplored connections between the institutional and sensemaking perspectives. We explain how three specific mechanisms--priming, editing and triggering--bring institutional context into processes of sensemaking, beyond a more conventional notion of internalized cognitive constraint. Our contribution seeks to be forward-looking as much as reflective, addressing a critique of one of Karl Weick's key theoretical contributions and offering amendments that extend its reach. 10.1177/0170840606068343}, author = {Weber, Klaus and Glynn, Mary A.}, citeulike-article-id = {2794272}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840606068343}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://oss.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/27/11/1639}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/0170840606068343}, journal = {Organization Studies}, keywords = {action-research, institutions, methodology, sense-making}, month = {November}, number = {11}, pages = {1639--1660}, posted-at = {2008-05-13 11:03:52}, priority = {2}, title = {Making Sense with Institutions: Context, Thought and Action in Karl Weick's Theory}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840606068343}, volume = {27}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2794272 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2794272 N2 - Karl Weick's sensemaking perspective has proven to be a central influence on process theories of organizing. Yet, one persistent criticism levelled at his work has been a neglect of the role of larger social and historical contexts in sensemaking. We address this critique by showing how institutional context is a necessary part of sensemaking. We propose that there are salient but unexplored connections between the institutional and sensemaking perspectives. We explain how three specific mechanisms--priming, editing and triggering--bring institutional context into processes of sensemaking, beyond a more conventional notion of internalized cognitive constraint. Our contribution seeks to be forward-looking as much as reflective, addressing a critique of one of Karl Weick's key theoretical contributions and offering amendments that extend its reach. 10.1177/0170840606068343 IS - 11 JF - Organization Studies EP - 1660 TI - Making Sense with Institutions: Context, Thought and Action in Karl Weick's Theory VL - 27 SP - 1639 KW - action-research KW - institutions KW - methodology KW - sense-making AU - Weber, Klaus AU - Glynn, Mary PY - 2006/11/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840606068343 ER -