Reading Dewey: Reflections on the Study of Routine
Organization Studies · 2007 · Volume 28 · Issue 5
Abstract
Early twentieth-century American pragmatists such as John Dewey placed a strong emphasis on the human faculties of habit and emotion. That contrasts with the emphasis in recent decades on cognitive processes. In contemporary organizational research there has been an increasing interest in recurring action patterns, such as routines and practices. The conceptual difficulties this work has encountered are usefully illuminated by Dewey's view of the primacy of habit and its interplay with emotion and cognition.
Keywords
organizational routines, organizational practices, organizational learning, pragmatism
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