Sensing from the middle: middle managers’ sensemaking of change process in public organizations
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چکیده
At the core of sense-making is its fundamental function creating discursive order to equivocal occurrences. Although researchers have emphasized organizational and managerial factors that trigger in settings, fewer things are known on how middle managers’ sensemaking constructed during process change public sector. In this empirical study, we explore organizations, constrain flow reforming governance. The research draws qualitative data garnered from 31 interviews with managers three organizations two periods time (2016 2017). We illustrate managing divergences strategizing as intricate multidimensional means framework ensuring argue intensify their commitment learning therefore live life sometimes demands commiserating lack exerting structural power by highlighting contextual myopic circumstances institutional dependence. Theoretical practical implications also elaborated.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Studies of Management and Organization
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0020-8825', '1558-0911']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00208825.2021.1969136