Strategic Sensemaking and Organizational Performance: Linkages Among Scanning, Interpretation, Action, and Outcomes

This study investigated the strategic “sensemaking” processes of scanning, interpretation, and action and how those activities are linked to organizational performance. Using path analyses on data ...

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