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The role of construction, intuition, and justification in responding to ethical issues at work: The sensemaking-intuition model
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Proponents of a popular view of how individuals respond to ethical issues at work claim that individuals use deliberate and extensive moral reasoning under conditions that ignore equivocality and uncertainty. I discuss the limitations of these “rationalist approaches” and reconsider their empirical support using an alternative explanation from social psychological and sensemaking perspectives. I then introduce a new theoretical model composed of issue construction, intuitive judgment, and post hoc explanation and justification. I discuss the implications for management theory, methods, and practice.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sonenshein, S.
- Venue
- Academy of Management Review
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 2007-10
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1022-1040
- ISSN
- 0363-7425 (ISSN-L)
- 1930-3807
- OpenAlex
- W2157916681
- Cited by
- 555
- References
- 17
- FWCI
- 33.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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