A Discursive Sensemaking Perspective on Project-Based Work in Public Healthcare

Nina Lunkka; Ville Pekka Pietiläinen; Marjo Suhonen

doi:10.1177/8756972819847062

A Discursive Sensemaking Perspective on Project-Based Work in Public Healthcare

Nina Lunkka, Ville Pekka Pietiläinen, Marjo Suhonen

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This study investigates project participants’ sensemaking of lived work experiences during periods of organizational change within Finnish public healthcare. It introduces a discursive sensemaking perspective to investigate lived experiences, that is, reflexive practitioners’ situational thinking. Drawing upon 17 interviews, the study identifies diverse repertoires through which the lived experiences are considered meaningful. These are repertoires of: (1) transformation, (2) realism, (3) politics, (4) individuality, (5) reflexivity, and (6) senselessness. The results show that project-based work in public healthcare differs from project participants’ expectations because projects are perceived to increase rather than decrease bureaucracy and include unsustainable working conditions that have to be endured.

Alkuperäiskieli	englanti
Sivut	657-672
Julkaisu	Project Management Journal
Vuosikerta	50
Numero	6
DOI - pysyväislinkit	https://doi.org/10.1177/8756972819847062
Tila	Julkaistu - 1 jouluk. 2019
OKM-julkaisutyyppi	A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli

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