An auto-ethnographic narrative to reveal a logic of managerial disen-gagement after a critical incident in an international context

Una narrativa auto-etnográfica para revelar una lógica de desvinculación directiva tras un incidente crítico en un contexto internacional

Joelle Cuvillier
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Joelle Cuvillier: GRM - Groupe de Recherche en Management - EA 4711 - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur

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Abstract: Sensemaking is at the heart of organizational theory. We will use the sensemaking model of Weick (2005) to make sense of the se-quence of events created by an unfortunate work accident that took place in a multinational company in Mexico. An auto-ethnographic narrative describes the feelings of a foreign manager during the different steps of the experience. The reflexive method allows the dismantling of the construction of meaning in an organizational context. As experi-ence is more about meaning than about experience itself (Nadeau-Lacour, 2000), the author shows how individual subjectivities are imprinted in the interpretation of a non-parameterized experience. The author associates her disengage-ment with a managerial problem elicited by ambiguous communi-cation with upper management, which highlights the fragility of the cultural cement of the organi-zation. Key words:

Keywords: Auto-ethnography; organizational context; managerial communica-tion; sensemaking; disengagement; Auto-etnografía; contexto organizacional; comunicación; creación de sentido; desvinculación.; contexte organisationnel; communication managériale; désengagement.; Auto-ethnographie (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-11-16
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