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Retrospective Sensemaking

Retrospective Sensemaking is a theoretical framework within the field of organizational and cognitive sensemaking that characterizes the process by which individuals or groups construct coherent interpretations of past events after outcomes are already known, thereby enabling learning and meaning reconstruction through backward-looking attribution and narrative formation.

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284

Authors

183

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2017–2026

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124

Making sense of the sensemaking perspective: Its constituents, limitations, and opportunities for further development

Jörgen Sandberg, Haridimos Tsoukas · Journal of Organizational Behavior · 2014 · 615 citations

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From hero to villain to hero: Making experience sensible through embodied narrative sensemaking

Ann L. Cunliffe, Chris Coupland · Human Relations · 2012 · 446 citations · Full text

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Impression management and retrospective sense‐making in corporate narratives

Doris M. Merkl‐Davies, Niamh Brennan, Stuart McLeay · Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal · 2011 · 287 citations · Full text

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Revising the past (while thinking in the future perfect tense)

Dennis A. Gioia, Kevin G. Corley, Tommaso Fabbri · Journal of Organizational Change Management · 2002 · 198 citations · Full text

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Telling the Whole Story: The Case for Organizational Autoethnography

Maree Boyle, Ken Parry · Culture and Organization · 2007 · 196 citations

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Authors

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  1. NB
    Niamh Brennan

    University College Dublin, Ireland

    2 publications · 323 citations

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  2. ME
    Mikael Erlandsson

    Uppsala University, Sweden

    2 publications · 33 citations

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  3. AJ
    Anders Jansson

    Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

    2 publications · 33 citations

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  4. RR
    Raôul R. D. Oudejans

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    2 publications · 174 citations

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  5. KE
    Karl E. Weick

    University of Michigan, United States

    2 publications · 104 citations

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Institutions

183

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    222 citations

  2. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    154 citations

  3. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    801 citations

  4. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    280 citations

  5. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    113 citations

  6. Microsoft (United States)

    Redmond, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    167 citations

  7. Bangor University

    Bangor, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    323 citations

  8. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    99 citations

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  1. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

    2 publications · 101 citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 2 publications · 49 citations

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  3. Communication Studies

    2 publications · 120 citations

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  4. Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal

    2 publications · 318 citations

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  5. Journal of Organizational Change Management

    2 publications · 229 citations

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