Abstract
The practice-based view that currently dominates the routines literature is based on an ostensive-performative duality. However, from the perspective of process philosophy, this duality, or at least the manner in which it is applied, presents four key obstacles to a more processual theorization of routines. This chapter offers an alternative approach that builds on Pragmatist philosophy, especially the ideas of John Dewey and George Herbert Mead, which inform a performative rather than a representational approach to understanding ordinary everyday actions. The argument provides an account of the social and temporal situatedness of human conduct in terms of the inter-related processes of habit, inquiry, and conversational trans-actions.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Organizational Routines |
| Subtitle of host publication | How They Are Created, Maintained, and Changed |
| Editors | Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Claus Rerup, Ann Langley, Haridimos Tsoukas |
| Place of Publication | Oxford |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 47-70 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780198759485 |
| Publication status | Published - 24 Mar 2016 |
Publication series
| Name | Perspectives on Process Organization Studies |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Volume | 6 |
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Keywords
- Pragmatism
- performativity
- temporality
- habit
- inquiry
- conversational trans-action
Cite this
Simpson, B., & Lorino, P. (2016). Re-viewing routines through a Pragmatist lens. In J. Howard-Grenville, C. Rerup, A. Langley, & H. Tsoukas (Eds.), Organizational Routines: How They Are Created, Maintained, and Changed (pp. 47-70). (Perspectives on Process Organization Studies; Vol. 6). Oxford: Oxford University Press.