Surprise and sense making: what newcomers experience in entering unfamiliar organizational settings.
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Summary
A new perspective identifies key features of newcomers' entry experiences, including surprise, contrast, and change, and describes the sense-making processes by which individuals cope with their entry experiences.
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- article
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- 1980-06-01
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- 2,674
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Keywords
Surprise, Perspective (graphical), Organizational change, Organizational learning, Organization development
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