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Reconsidering the Trade-off Between Expertise and Flexibility: a Cognitive Entrenchment Perspective

Dane, Erik·2010·Academy of Management Review
DOI 10.5465/amr.35.4.zok579
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Research suggests that as one acquires domain expertise, one loses flexibility with regard to problem solving, adaptation, and creative idea generation. Here, I reconsider this trade-off between expertise and flexibility by examining the concept of cognitive entrenchment—a high level of stability in one's domain schemas. Proposing that cognitive entrenchment varies not only with expertise but also with one's task environment and attentional focus, I contend that the inflexibility-related limitations of expertise can be circumvented.

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Authors
Dane, E.
Affiliations
Rice University (US)
Corresponding author
Dane, Erik
ORCID
Dane, Erik
Venue
Academy of Management Review
Publisher
Academy of Management
Published
2010-10
Volume
35
Issue
4
Pages
579-603
ISSN
  • 0363-7425 (ISSN-L)
  • 1930-3807
DOI
10.5465/amr.35.4.zok579
OpenAlex
W2058398044
Cited by
603
References
263
Citations by year
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FWCI
11.17
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Academy of Management Review (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
Keywords
expertise, cognitive flexibility, problem solving, creative idea generation, task environment, attentional focus, cognitive inflexibility

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