Abstract
Proponents of the ‘practice turn’ in the social sciences rarely mention American pragmatism as a source of inspiration or refer to pragmatist philosophy. This strikes us as not only odd, but also a disadvantage since the pragmatist legacy has much to offer practice theory in the study of organizations. In this paper we want to spell out the theoretical similarities and divergences between practice theory and pragmatism to consider whether the two traditions can find common ground when gazing upon organization studies. We suggest that pragmatism should be included in the ‘tool-kit’ of practice-based studies of organizations.
Original language | English |
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Publication date | Apr 2015 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2015 |
Event | OLKC 2015: International Conference on Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities - Milano, Italy Duration: 9 Apr 2015 → 11 Apr 2015 |
Conference
Conference | OLKC 2015 |
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Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Milano |
Period | 09/04/2015 → 11/04/2015 |