Managerial sensemaking and occupational identities in Britain and Italy: the role of management magazines in the process of discursive construction

Article Abstract:

Processes of discursive construction in a British and an Italian personnel management magazine are analysed to show the ways in which the magazines, both as genre forms and providers of narratives and discursive resources, provide 'story boards' for their readers which are helpful to them when it comes to making sense of the tensions and dilemmas associated with their managerial roles. Tensions and occupational dilemmas associated with personnel management work are identified and variations found in the discursive constructions associated with the two magazines are related, with reservations, to cultural and institutional differences between British and Italian human resource management. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

United Kingdom, Italy, Analysis, Human resource management, Periodicals, Group identity, Social identity

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Resourceful Sensemaking in an Administrative Group

Article Abstract:

The sensemaking theory is extended via the incorporation of lifeworld influences on organizational practices, delineated through a dialectical method. Strengths and weaknesses of the concept are discussed, and implications for further research are included.

Methods, Models, Information theory, Human information processing

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Network Updating and Exploratory Learning Environment

Article Abstract:

It is posited that the exploratory learning environment of an actor is enhanced by social capital only if the direct and indirect network ties providing the social capital are made up of current contacts. Evidence is presented to support this assertion.

Science & research, Public affairs, Social aspects, Research, Influence, Business networks (Social groups)

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