A1 Journal article (refereed)
Ideology in Vicarious Learning-Related Communication (2021)
Lamberg, J.-A., & Luoma, J. (2021). Ideology in Vicarious Learning-Related Communication. Organization Science, 32(3), 527-908, C2. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2020.1378
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Lamberg, Juha-Antti; Luoma, Jukka
Journal or series: Organization Science
ISSN: 1047-7039
eISSN: 1526-5455
Publication year: 2021
Volume: 32
Issue number: 3
Pages range: 527-908, C2
Publisher: Institute of Management Sciences
Publication country: United States
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2020.1378
Publication open access: Openly available
Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/73541
Abstract
Organizations often learn vicariously by observing what other organizations do. Our study examines vicarious learning–related communication through which individuals share their observations with other organizational members. Most students and members of present-day organizations would expect that this communication is driven by a prodevelopment logic—that communication serves the purpose of organizational improvement and competitiveness. Our unique historical evidence on learning-related communication over multiple decades shows that the subjective and collective attitude toward prodevelopment communication may be ideologically conditioned. Prodevelopment communication is the norm in capitalist organizations, but competing ideologies may emphasize other goals higher than organizational development. Consequently, increasing challenges to capitalism as the ideological basis of economic organization can have deep impacts on how organizations learn and produce innovations in the future.
Keywords: organisational research; retail trade; learning organisation; strategic leadership; organisational culture; internal communication; flow of information; ideologies; capitalism; economic history
Free keywords: strategic management; vicarious learning; business history; retail industry; communication; ideology
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Ministry reporting: Yes
Reporting Year: 2021
JUFO rating: 3
