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Sensemaking, Organizing, and Surpassing: A Handoff

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In this essay, I reflect on the intellectual influences that led to the genesis of the Social Psychology of Organizing and assess the way forward. I stress that the Social Psychology aspired to provide an outline of an organizational epistemology. I particularly focus on the interplay between experience and understanding, highlighting the following features: self‐validating prophecy, partiality toward similarity, ambivalence between belief and doubt, and understanding as ongoing accomplishment. I conclude with a discussion of the three papers published in this Special issue.

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  • Karl E. Weick, 2020. "Sensemaking, Organizing, and Surpassing: A Handoff," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 57(7), pages 1420-1431, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jomstd:v:57:y:2020:i:7:p:1420-1431
    DOI: 10.1111/joms.12617
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    1. Mary Ann Glynn & Lee Watkiss, 2020. "Of Organizing and Sensemaking: From Action to Meaning and Back Again in a Half‐Century of Weick’s Theorizing," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 57(7), pages 1331-1354, November.
    2. Karl E. Weick & Kathleen M. Sutcliffe & David Obstfeld, 2005. "Organizing and the Process of Sensemaking," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 16(4), pages 409-421, August.
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