Curiosity as a Practice: a practice lens perspective
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- Conference Proceeding
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- 39th European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium: Organizing for the Good life: between legacy and imagination, 6-8 July 2023, Cagliari, Italy.
- Issue Date:
- 2023-07-05
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In this paper, we draw on extant studies about curiosity and practice to analyse and frame curiosity as a salient social practice for organizations. We go beyond the psychological applications of curiosity to consider the social practices of ‘doing’ curiosity. We draw on the strategy as practice (SAP) literature and propose a curiosity as practice (CaP) conceptual framework. We argue that CaP is enacted at the nexus of three practices—sociomateriality, discursivity and agency—collectively enabling CaP to engage and connect with other practice bundles, including decision-making, sensemaking and strategising. Finally, we discuss the implications of our conceptual research and suggest an agenda of empirical research aligned with the CaP conceptual framework.
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