New Directions for Organizational Learning in Eastern Europe

Abstract

This paper provides a speculative conclusion to the Special Issue on 'Manager ial Learning in the Transformation of Eastern Europe'. Including reference to the preceding set of articles, it seeks to critically examine some of the funda mental issues of organizational learning in the regional context. By drawing upon the author's own research and epistemological interests in this area, it also advocates specific directions for future research and business practice. Four inter-related themes are addressed: agency, communication, typification and contextuality. These themes emphasize the importance of seeking to separ ate the often generalized and ethnocentric discourse on organizational learning from the reality of its empirical and interpretive complexity.

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Descriptors: international management organizational learning organizational behaviour culture Eastern Europe organizational change

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