Understanding Interorganizational Learning Based on Social Spaces and Learning Episodes

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Understanding Interorganizational Learning Based on Social Spaces and Learning Episodes

Journal Title: BAR: Brazilian Administration Review - Year 2014, Vol 11, Issue 3

Abstract

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.

Authors and Affiliations

Mozzato, Anelise Rebelato; Bitencourt, Claudia Cristina

Keywords

interorganizational learning; social learning spaces; learning episodes; cooperation; interorganizational relationships

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