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Organizational sociology

action whose meaning can be read in several ways at once, letting an actor keep options open and avoid commitment while others interpret it in their own interest.

In organizational sociology, robust action refers to action whose meaning can be read in several ways at once, letting an actor keep options open and avoid commitment while others interpret it in their own interest. This meaning comes from Padgett (1993) in American Journal of Sociology.[1]

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action3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs commitment5 fields · 9 citationsjingle · one name, five constructs interest4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Padgett, J. F., & Ansell, C. K. (1993). Robust Action and the Rise of the Medici, 1400-1434. American Journal of Sociology, 98(6), 1259-1319. https://doi.org/10.1086/230190

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