Bente Elkjaer
Biographic Data
| ID | 337946 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bente Elkjaer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bente |
| FAMILY NAME | Elkjaer |
| SIGNATURE | ELKJAER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aarhus University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9541-9725 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Lessons from pragmatism: Organizational learning as resolving tensions at work
In the article, we propose to frame organizational learning as inquiry into and resolving tensions arising from the performance of different commitments to work and its organizing. We expand learning as participation with its focus upon identity and membership to the development of work and the experiences and knowledge of its participants. The proposal is inspired by pragmatist philosophy both through its emphasis on learning as ascribing meanin…
Pragmatism: A lived and living philosophy. What can it offer to contemporary organization theory
In the past, critics have dismissed American Pragmatism as intellectually naïve and philosophically passé, but in this chapter we argue that it still has much to offer the field of organization studies. Pragmatism is especially relevant to those organizational scholars who are concerned with understanding the dynamic processes and practices of organizational life. This chapter lays out the historical development of Pragmatism, recognizing the ori…
Social Worlds Theory and the Power of Tension
Organizational learning with a pragmatic slant
A pragmatic theory of learning is introduced as a possible way of creating organizational learning and learning organizations. This learning theory rests upon what may be termed the inquiry metaphor. Two other metaphors of learning—the knowledge acquisition and the participation metaphor—are introduced as they are mirrored in the literature and in organizational development in practice. It is argued that the important element of organizational le…
Mind and Social Practice. Selected Writings of Sylvia Scribner (Book)
Gazing on Human Resource Management
Girls and Information Technology in Denmark—an account of a socially constructed problem
The author offers an interpretation of why we resist associating the female sex with competence on the computer, and conversely, why the male sex is not regarded as a problem in terms of learning to deal competently with the computer. The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between gender and computers
Girls and Information Technology in Denmark—an account of a socially constructed problem
The author offers an interpretation of why we resist associating the female sex with competence on the computer, and conversely, why the male sex is not regarded as a problem in terms of learning to deal competently with the computer. The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between gender and computers
Organizational learning with a pragmatic slant
A pragmatic theory of learning is introduced as a possible way of creating organizational learning and learning organizations. This learning theory rests upon what may be termed the inquiry metaphor. Two other metaphors of learning—the knowledge acquisition and the participation metaphor—are introduced as they are mirrored in the literature and in organizational development in practice. It is argued that the important element of organizational le…
Lessons from pragmatism: Organizational learning as resolving tensions at work
In the article, we propose to frame organizational learning as inquiry into and resolving tensions arising from the performance of different commitments to work and its organizing. We expand learning as participation with its focus upon identity and membership to the development of work and the experiences and knowledge of its participants. The proposal is inspired by pragmatist philosophy both through its emphasis on learning as ascribing meanin…
Girls and Information Technology in Denmark—an account of a socially constructed problem
The author offers an interpretation of why we resist associating the female sex with competence on the computer, and conversely, why the male sex is not regarded as a problem in terms of learning to deal competently with the computer. The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between gender and computers
Gazing on Human Resource Management
Mind and Social Practice. Selected Writings of Sylvia Scribner (Book)
Organizational learning with a pragmatic slant
A pragmatic theory of learning is introduced as a possible way of creating organizational learning and learning organizations. This learning theory rests upon what may be termed the inquiry metaphor. Two other metaphors of learning—the knowledge acquisition and the participation metaphor—are introduced as they are mirrored in the literature and in organizational development in practice. It is argued that the important element of organizational le…
Social Worlds Theory and the Power of Tension
Pragmatism: A lived and living philosophy. What can it offer to contemporary organization theory
In the past, critics have dismissed American Pragmatism as intellectually naïve and philosophically passé, but in this chapter we argue that it still has much to offer the field of organization studies. Pragmatism is especially relevant to those organizational scholars who are concerned with understanding the dynamic processes and practices of organizational life. This chapter lays out the historical development of Pragmatism, recognizing the ori…
Lessons from pragmatism: Organizational learning as resolving tensions at work
In the article, we propose to frame organizational learning as inquiry into and resolving tensions arising from the performance of different commitments to work and its organizing. We expand learning as participation with its focus upon identity and membership to the development of work and the experiences and knowledge of its participants. The proposal is inspired by pragmatist philosophy both through its emphasis on learning as ascribing meanin…
Sociology (6 works) · Management and Organizational Studies (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Organizational Learning and Leadership (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Innovative Education and Learning Practices (2 works) · Knowledge management (2 works)