| Journal: | BAR - Brazilian Administration Review |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000331062 |
| ISSN: | 1807-7692 |
| Authors: | Silva, Jose Roberto Gomes da1 Wetzel, Ursula2 |
| Institutions: | 1Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil 2Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto COPPEAD de Administracao, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Season: | Sep-Dic |
| Volumen: | 4 |
| Number: | 3 |
| Pages: | 16-30 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | This paper probes into the social process of sense making in changing organizations, trying to observe how participant individuals interpret contextual events and configure their notion of time. This notion of time then interacts with the dynamics of the lives of individuals and contributes to the adaptation to the new reality they are facing. The study was conducted in eight organizations and data were collected by means of 133 in-depth interviews with participants in the change processes. Results indicate that individuals establish a reference to central events in their attempt to make sense out of changes and in their effort to adapt to the new situation. In accordance with Lewis and Weigert (1981), the results also indicate the dominance of institutional time over interaction time as well as over self time. Finally, the results suggest that such configurations of time are influenced by official organizational rhetoric and by actions in change management |
| Disciplines: | Administración y contaduría, Sociología |
| Keyword: | Planeación, Recursos humanos, Sociología del trabajo, Cambio organizacional, Gestión del cambio, Tiempo, Noción de tiempo, Procesos de cambio, Adaptación |
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