... the impotence of cognitive forms of ideology critique in this age. He stresses how this reality is pervaded as deeply by fetishistic illusions as is thought. These illusions, disseminated through narrative, serve as the backbone of everyday practices in organizations and society, based on a process of symbolic...

... and the reactions of 102 sense‐receivers. Data consist of 39 interviews, 95 hours of observation, a longitudinal survey, and informal discussions. Findings Two elements are recognized in sensegiving, which are: increasing sense‐receivers' level of emotional arousal; and cognitively associating that arousal...

...Oana Cătălina Iederan; Petru Lucian Curşeu; Patrick A.M. Vermeulen; Jac L.A. Geurts Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the cognitive factors explaining how exogenous institutional change (IC) impacts on organizational actions. Design/methodology/approach The authors interviewed...

... rather than advancing the field of organization theory. For many years now, the nature of organizational cognition and its relation to individual cognition has been the subject of lively debate. Some scholars maintain that cognition strictly belongs to individuals while others argue for a translation...

...Peter A. Stanwick The role of managerial cognitive processes has so far been largely neglected within strategy research which examines organizational decline and recovery. Proposes that heuristics used by managers such as: availability, representativeness, adjustment and anchoring may contribute...