Concepedia

Concept

sensemaking

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418

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85K

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808

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418

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Sensemaking is the process by which individuals and groups construct meaning from confusing or ambiguous experiences and information, organizing cues to understand situations and enable action. As an academic concept and area of research, it investigates how agents interpret, structure, and reduce equivocality in uncertain environments, emphasizing its retrospective, social, and identity-informing characteristics. Its significance lies in explaining how actors impose order on disorder, facilitating adaptation and coordinated behavior in complex and dynamic systems.

Top Authors

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KE

University of Michigan

DA

Pennsylvania State University

SM

University of British Columbia

AD

University of Bath

DM

Google (United States)

Top Institutions

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Pennsylvania State University

State College, United States

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, United States

University of Bath

Bath, United Kingdom

Boston College

Boston, United States