Theorizing Practice and Practicing Theory

Martha S. Feldman () and Wanda J. Orlikowski ()
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Martha S. Feldman: School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697
Wanda J. Orlikowski: MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142

Organization Science, 2011, vol. 22, issue 5, 1240-1253

Abstract: This paper describes the emerging field of practice theory as it is practiced in relation to organizational phenomena. We identify three approaches---empirical, theoretical, and philosophical---that relate to the what, the how, and the why of using a practice lens. We discuss three principles of the theoretical approach to practice and offer examples of how practice theory has been used in the organizational literature and in our own research. We end with a discussion of the challenges and opportunities that practice theory affords organizational scholarship.

Keywords: practice; practice theory; genres; resourcing; routines; technology in practice; sociomateriality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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