Theorizing Practice and Practicing Theory
his paper describes the emerging field of practice theory as it is practiced in relation to organizational phenomena. We identify three approaches—empirical, theoretical, and philosophical—that relate to the what, the how, and the why of using a practice lens. We discuss three principles of the theo...
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| author | Feldman, Martha S. Orlikowski, Wanda J. |
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| description | his paper describes the emerging field of practice theory as it is practiced in relation to organizational phenomena. We identify three approaches—empirical, theoretical, and philosophical—that relate to the what, the how, and the why of using a practice lens. We discuss three principles of the theoretical approach to practice and offer examples of how practice theory has been used in the organizational literature and in our own research. We end with a discussion of the challenges and opportunities that practice theory affords organizational scholarship. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/665162022-09-30T19:14:34Z Theorizing Practice and Practicing Theory Feldman, Martha S. Orlikowski, Wanda J. Sloan School of Management Orlikowski, Wanda J. Orlikowski, Wanda J. his paper describes the emerging field of practice theory as it is practiced in relation to organizational phenomena. We identify three approaches—empirical, theoretical, and philosophical—that relate to the what, the how, and the why of using a practice lens. We discuss three principles of the theoretical approach to practice and offer examples of how practice theory has been used in the organizational literature and in our own research. We end with a discussion of the challenges and opportunities that practice theory affords organizational scholarship. 2011-10-20T15:30:43Z 2011-10-20T15:30:43Z 2011-01 2010-04 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1047-7039 1526-5455 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66516 Feldman, M. S., and W. J. Orlikowski. “Theorizing Practice and Practicing Theory.” Organization Science 22 (2011): 1240-1253. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7313-9466 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1100.0612 Organization Science Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ application/pdf Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Orlikowski |
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| title | Theorizing Practice and Practicing Theory |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Theorizing Practice and Practicing Theory |
| title_short | Theorizing Practice and Practicing Theory |
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