This paper seeks to deepen the research on middle managers’ strategic sensemaking roles. Until now, little research has explored how middle managers use their practical knowledge to realize their sensemaking role during strategic change in their daily activities. Here, through vignettes drawn...

The predominant assumption in the management literature is that corporate valuesare internalised into organisational members' personal value systems. Corporatevalues, viewed in this way, perform a controlling role in organisations, consistentwith the characteristics of a deliberate strategy...