Negotiating meaning through artefacts: a micro-level analysis of strategy discourse
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Negotiating meaning through artefacts : a micro-level analysis of strategy discourse. / Tavella, Elena.
The 15th international conference on group decision and negotiation letters. ed. / Bogumił Kamiński; Gregory (Grzegorz) E. Kersten; Przemysław Szufel; Michał Jakubczyk; Tomasz Wachowicz. Warsaw : Warsaw School of Economics Press, 2015. p. 29-32.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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TY - GEN
T1 - Negotiating meaning through artefacts
AU - Tavella, Elena
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This research contributes to the domain of strategy making, specifically to unpacking the complexity of sociomateriality in strategy discourse. Scholars have emphasized the potential of artefacts to enhance sensemaking during strategizing. However there is a lack of insight into how artefacts and conversational aspects are linked at the micro‑level of discourse, also how artefacts and sensemaking shape one another. This research addresses this gap by empirically analyzing strategy discourse within a facilitated modelling workshop. Considering strategizing as a socially constructed activity, the author analyzes a workshop transcript to assess the extent to which stakeholders’ appropriation of artefacts supports them in engaging in negotiation of meaning with action implications. Moreover, how artefacts and negotiation of meaning shape one another is identified. The data suggest that appropriating artefacts helps stakeholders negotiate meaning effectively, but appropriation occurs at varying intensities depending on the issue of concern, the artefact used and who appropriates it.
AB - This research contributes to the domain of strategy making, specifically to unpacking the complexity of sociomateriality in strategy discourse. Scholars have emphasized the potential of artefacts to enhance sensemaking during strategizing. However there is a lack of insight into how artefacts and conversational aspects are linked at the micro‑level of discourse, also how artefacts and sensemaking shape one another. This research addresses this gap by empirically analyzing strategy discourse within a facilitated modelling workshop. Considering strategizing as a socially constructed activity, the author analyzes a workshop transcript to assess the extent to which stakeholders’ appropriation of artefacts supports them in engaging in negotiation of meaning with action implications. Moreover, how artefacts and negotiation of meaning shape one another is identified. The data suggest that appropriating artefacts helps stakeholders negotiate meaning effectively, but appropriation occurs at varying intensities depending on the issue of concern, the artefact used and who appropriates it.
M3 - Article in proceedings
SP - 29
EP - 32
BT - The 15th international conference on group decision and negotiation letters
A2 - Kamiński, Bogumił
A2 - Kersten, Gregory (Grzegorz) E.
A2 - Szufel, Przemysław
A2 - Jakubczyk, Michał
A2 - Wachowicz, Tomasz
PB - Warsaw School of Economics Press
CY - Warsaw
Y2 - 22 June 2015 through 26 June 2015
ER -
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