Book chapter
Subtle Learning and Organizational Identity as Enablers of Strategic Change
Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management, pp 349-365
01 Jan 2011
Abstract
Contrary to recent portrayals, we argue that the relationship between organizational identity and organizational learning is not only a strong one, but also one that facilitates organizational adaptability to a constantly shifting competitive environment. The implications of this relationship are perhaps most powerful in the context of change because both learning and identity are essential to both the strategic and personal aspects of organizational change. Most relevant to this volume, this adaptive interrelationship has implications for current conceptualizations of organizational learning that include: (1) the specification of a type of organizational learning heretofore downplayed in the literature-subtle learning and (2) the realization that organizational learning can be more subliminal and tacit than previously conceptualized and, therefore, can occur out of conscious awareness or without explicit articulation. These implications provide the foundation for inquiry into other organizational phenomena closely linked to the learning-identity relationship.
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- Title
- Subtle Learning and Organizational Identity as Enablers of Strategic Change
- Creators
- Kevin G. CorleyDennis A. GioiaRajiv Nag
- Contributors
- M EasterbySmith (Editor)M A Lyles (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management, pp 349-365
- Publisher
- Wiley; OXFORD
- Number of pages
- 17
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Management
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000416532300016
- Other Identifier
- 991021881498904721
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