This chapter describes how the field of organizational learning can be understood from a
social learning perspective and which social learning theories add to an understanding of …

One of the most important classical typologies within the organizational learning literature is
the distinction between adaptive and generative learning. However, the processes of these …

This article presents a constitutive approach to the study of organizational contradictions,
dialectics, paradoxes, and tensions. In particular, it highlights five constitutive dimensions …

The study of paradox in strategy and organization studies has grown rapidly over the last 25
years. Paradox, as contradictory yet interrelated opposites that exist simultaneously and …

Practice-based approaches to knowing, learning, innovating, and managing have thrived in
recent years. Calling upon numerous narratives from a range of research fields, the author …

In this article I critically analyze contemporary discourses of corporate social responsibility
and related discourses of sustainability and corporate citizenship. I argue that despite their …

The concept of the professional learning community (PLC) has been embraced widely in
schools as a means for teachers to engage in professional development leading to …

The journal Organization was a precursor of the turn to practice with its 2000 Special Issue,
and the burgeoning number of special issues between 2000 and 2011 testifies to the vitality …

This introductory chapter seeks to familiarize you with some of the major trends of recent
times that pervade the context of contemporary managing and organizations. Some of these …

Having received the “Decade Award” for the most cited AMR article from the past decade,
we reflect on how our framework of organizational learning (OL) has been used in …