Socio-cognitive processes in strategy formation : a conceptual framework

Journal
European management journal  
Volume
31
Issue
6
Start Page
697
End Page
705
Citation
European Management Journal 6 (31): 697-705 (2013)
Publisher DOI
10.1016/j.emj.2013.07.005
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84887816752
Publisher
Elsevier Science
This paper should set the frame for the management focus by introducing the cognitive perspective in management research. The cognitive view has become a considerable perspective in describing and explaining strategic processes and significant advances have been provided especially in the last decade. However, the primary concern of cognitive-oriented strategy process research is still on strategic decision-making and therefore lags behind encompassing conceptional developments in process research. By drawing on the "genesis" approach of Kirsch, this paper develops a framework for explaining the formation of shared strategic orientations from a socio-cognitive perspective, which should broaden the "dominant research design". © 2013.
Subjects
Managerial and organizational cognition
Strategic cognition
Strategy formation
DDC Class
330: Wirtschaft