Miners' tales: stories and the storying process for understanding the collective sensemaking of employees during contested change

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dc.contributor.authorDawson, P.
dc.contributor.authorMcLean, P.
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the extent to which the storying lens provides useful purchase in understanding the sensemaking processes that occur in the hegemonic struggle over collective identities during contested change. Our interest is in how stories are shaped within the context of workplace change; the limitations of existing story types for making sense of the data; temporality as it relates to change processes and story types; and the use of stories to legitimate identity in the power-political dynamics of change. The empirical material draws on a study of miners’ storied responses to the introduction of a performance appraisal system for underground workers at an Australian colliery.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityPatrick Dawson and Peter McLean
dc.identifier.citationGroup and Organization Management, 2013; 38(2):198-229
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1059601112472367
dc.identifier.issn1059-6011
dc.identifier.issn1552-3993
dc.identifier.orcidDawson, P. [0000-0002-3175-1275]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/107894
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSAGE
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2013
dc.source.urihttp://sage/
dc.subjectStory; sensemaking; contextual; change; temporality; identity; power
dc.titleMiners' tales: stories and the storying process for understanding the collective sensemaking of employees during contested change
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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