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Sensegiving as mise-en-sens--The case of wind power development

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  • Corvellec, Hervé
  • Risberg, Annette

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In seeking to advance the understanding of the production, diffusion and negotiation of meaning in and between organisations, we introduce below the notion of mise-en-sens. Mise-en-sens refers to the performing art term of mise-en-scène and builds on the French term sens denoting meaning as well as direction. Starting from a qualitative analysis of how Swedish wind farm developers manage the permit-application process for their projects, we suggest in a first-order analysis that the activities of the developers consist in contextualising the project, ontologising it and neutralising criticism addressed to it. In a second-order analysis, we conceptualise these activities as a mise-en-sens. Mise-en-sens spells out the way in which developers, as meaning managers, stage the project and provide it with direction. Having positioned mise-en-sens in relation to the notions of sensemaking and sensegiving, we suggest in conclusion that mise-en-sens could serve to describe not only the activity of wind farm developers but also, for example, that of project managers or entrepreneurs in general since they too are engaged in the management of meaning.

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  • Corvellec, Hervé & Risberg, Annette, 2007. "Sensegiving as mise-en-sens--The case of wind power development," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 23(3), pages 306-326, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:scaman:v:23:y:2007:i:3:p:306-326
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    1. Lionel Garreau & Raphaël Maucuer, 2015. "The mise-en-sens tactics of civil society organizations to influence strategy," Post-Print hal-01787991, HAL.
    2. Kjell Tryggestad, 2012. "Perspectives on Projects," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(5), pages 416-420, February.
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    4. Robert, Kihlberg & Ola, Lindberg, 2021. "Reflexive sensegiving: An open-ended process of influencing the sensemaking of others during organizational change," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 39(4), pages 476-486.
    5. Lionel Garreau & Serge Perrot, 2012. "Comprendre la dynamique de la socialisation organisationnelle: Une approche par le sensemaking," Post-Print halshs-00949067, HAL.
    6. Serge Perrot & Lionel Garreau, 2012. "Comprendre la dynamique de la socialisation organisationnelle : une approche par le sensemaking," Post-Print hal-01631119, HAL.
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    8. Anouck Adrot & Jean-Luc Moriceau, 2013. "Introducing performativity to crisis management theory : an illustration from the 2003 French heat wave crisis response," Post-Print hal-01451075, HAL.
    9. Lionel Garreau & Serge Perrot, 2012. "Comprendre la dynamique de la socialisation organisationnelle : une approche par le sensemaking," Post-Print halshs-01054809, HAL.
    10. van Werven, Ruben & Bouwmeester, Onno & Cornelissen, Joep P., 2015. "The power of arguments: How entrepreneurs convince stakeholders of the legitimate distinctiveness of their ventures," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 30(4), pages 616-631.

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