Sensemaking, Organizing, and Surpassing: A Handoff

Karl E. Weick

Journal of Management Studies, 2020, vol. 57, issue 7, 1420-1431

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2020
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