A Discursive Sensemaking Perspective on Project-Based Work in Public Healthcare

This study investigates project participants’ sensemaking of lived work experiences during periods of organizational change within Finnish public healthcare. It introduces a discursive sensemaking perspective to investigate lived experiences, that is, reflexive practitioners’ situational thinking. D...

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Published in:Project management journal 2019-12, Vol.50 (6), p.657-672
Main Authors: Lunkka, Nina, Pietiläinen, Ville, Suhonen, Marjo
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