Dynamics of wilful ignorance in organizations.

The British journal of sociology Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Epub Date: 2022-08-05 DOI:10.1111/1468-4446.12963
Mats Alvesson, Katja Einola, Stephan M Schaefer
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Contemporary society is obsessed with knowledge, leaving its less seductive counterpart, ignorance, in the shadows. However, as an expanding literature suggests, it is equally important to understand ignorance and consider its varieties. This study specifies the nature of wilful ignorance in organizations. It does so by (a) making a distinction between the will of an actor and the epistemic properties of ignorance, and showing how these two form a dynamic relationship, (b) linking wilful ignorance to its various drivers and (c) suggesting how our concept of wilful ignorance can be used in the study of organizations. Rather than reducing the phenomenon into a simple to know/to ignore dichotomy, we concentrate on its processual and dynamic nature. Moreover, we explore the complexities and ambiguity inherently involved in all knowing and ignoring as well as the role of agency in reducing the harmful effects of wilful ignorance in organizations.

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组织中故意无知的动态。
当代社会痴迷于知识,把不那么诱人的对手——无知——抛在了阴影里。然而,正如越来越多的文献所表明的那样,理解无知并考虑其多样性同样重要。这项研究明确了组织中故意无知的本质。它通过(a)区分行为者的意志和无知的认知属性,并展示这两者如何形成动态关系,(b)将故意无知与其各种驱动因素联系起来,以及(c)建议如何将我们的故意无知概念用于组织研究。我们没有将这一现象简化为可知或可忽略的二分法,而是将重点放在其过程性和动态性上。此外,我们还探讨了所有知道和忽视的复杂性和模糊性,以及机构在减少组织中故意无知的有害影响方面的作用。
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