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Sense as a bridge between crisis and improvisation: how people make sense of a crisis to improvise ?

Garreau, Lionel; Adrot, Anouck (2009), Sense as a bridge between crisis and improvisation: how people make sense of a crisis to improvise ?, 27th Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism, 2009-07, Copenhague, Danemark

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Communication / Conférence
Date
2009
Conference title
27th Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism
Conference date
2009-07
Conference city
Copenhague
Conference country
Danemark
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Author(s)
Garreau, Lionel
Adrot, Anouck
Abstract (EN)
This papers aims at understanding the role of sense when actors improvise during crisis. Literature about improvisation show little explanation of how individual improvisation becomes collective and coherent. The use of the concept of sense as a bridge between crisis and improvisation enable us to identify three mechanisms related to sense that contribute to organizational improvisation in crisis response –detection, mobilization, response- as well as mechanisms that take part into the collective turn of crisis response through improvisation.
Subjects / Keywords
Organization; Separation; Connection; Sense; Crisis; Improvisation
JEL
M1 - Business Administration