Understanding interorganizational learning based on social spaces and learning episodes

Different organizational settings have been gaining ground in the world economy, resulting in a proliferation of different forms of strategic alliances that translate into a growth in the number of organizations that have started to deal with interorganizational relationships with different actors....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Mozzato, Anelise Rebelato, Bitencourt, Claudia Cristina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Brasil
Institución:Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração (ANPAD)
Repositorio:BAR - Brazilian Administration Review
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs3.bar.anpad.org.br:article/248
Acceso en línea:https://bar.anpad.org.br/index.php/bar/article/view/248
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:interorganizational learning
social learning spaces
learning episodes
cooperation
interorganizational relationships
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Sumario:Different organizational settings have been gaining ground in the world economy, resulting in a proliferation of different forms of strategic alliances that translate into a growth in the number of organizations that have started to deal with interorganizational relationships with different actors. These circumstances reinforce Crossan, Lane, White and Djurfeldt (1995) and Crossan, Mauer and White (2011) in exploring what authors refer to as the fourth, interorganizational, level of learning. These authors, amongst others, suggest that the process of interorganizational learning (IOL) warrants investigation, as its scope of analysis needs widening and deepening. Therefore, this theoretical essay is an attempt to understand IOL as a dynamic process found in interorganizational cooperative relationships that can take place in different structured and unstructured social spaces and that can generate learning episodes. According to this view, IOL is understood as part of an organizational learning continuum and is analyzed within the framework of practical rationality in an approach that is less cognitive and more social-behavioral.