Collective Intentionality and Micro-macro Explanations - the Case of Routines
Journal cover Sensus Historiae, volume 47, no. 2, year 2022, title Essays in honor of Professor Tadeusz Buksiński on the eightieth anniversary of his birth - vol. II
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Keywords

nature of organizational routines
philosophy of action
analytical sociology
collective intentionality

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Makowski, P. T. (2022). Collective Intentionality and Micro-macro Explanations - the Case of Routines. Sensus Historiae, 47(2), 185–198. https://doi.org/10.14746/sh.2022.47.2.012

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Abstract

The purpose of the article is to shed light on the nature of organizational routines, taking into account the research traditions of philosophy of action and analytical sociology. The article proposes a perspective that integrates different research disciplines and reveals the complexity of the issue of collective intentionality.

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