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Workplace Sensemaking

Workplace Sensemaking is a cognitive and social process through which employees interpret ambiguous or novel organizational cues, events, and interactions to construct shared meanings and guide subsequent actions within the context of employee socialization.

212

Publications

15.5K

Citations

460

Authors

286

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

70

Parents

Publications

212

INTERPERSONAL SENSEMAKING AND THE MEANING OF WORK

Amy Wrzesniewski, Jane E. Dutton, Gelaye Debebe · Research in Organizational Behavior · 2003 · 826 citations

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On Corporate Social Responsibility, Sensemaking, and the Search for Meaningfulness Through Work

Herman Aguinis, Ante Glavas · Journal of Management · 2017 · 672 citations

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The role of construction, intuition, and justification in responding to ethical issues at work: The sensemaking-intuition model

Scott Sonenshein · Academy of Management Review · 2007 · 546 citations

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Expecting the Unexpected? How SWAT Officers and Film Crews Handle Surprises

Beth A. Bechky, Gerardo A. Okhuysen · Academy of Management Journal · 2011 · 545 citations

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Giving Commitment: Employee Support Programs and The Prosocial Sensemaking Process

Adam M. Grant, Jane E. Dutton, Brent D. Rosso · Academy of Management Journal · 2008 · 544 citations

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Authors

460

  1. PS
    Paul Solomon

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    5 publications · 251 citations

    5

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  2. DH
    Duncan Helm

    University of Stirling, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 103 citations

    3

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  3. AM
    Alyson Meister

    Business School Lausanne, Switzerland

    2 publications · 95 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. DR
    David R. Millen

    IBM (United States), United States

    2 publications · 185 citations

    2

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  5. AE
    Anton Eliëns

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    2 publications · 26 citations

    2

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Institutions

286

  1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    988 citations

  2. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    2.2K citations

  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    223 citations

  4. Copenhagen Business School

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    578 citations

  5. University of Stirling

    Stirling, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    103 citations

  6. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    143 citations

  7. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    410 citations

  8. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    354 citations

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Venues

  1. Academy of Management Journal

    AMJ · 9 publications · 1.9K citations

    8

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  2. Human Relations

    8 publications · 485 citations

    8

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  3. Management Communication Quarterly

    MCQ · 7 publications · 295 citations

    7

    h-index

  4. Academy of Management Review

    AMR · 6 publications · 846 citations

    6

    h-index

  5. Journal of Organizational Change Management

    5 publications · 215 citations

    5

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