From organizational learning to organizational mnemonics: Redrawing the boundaries of the field
主张在管理与组织研究中更平衡地研究过去，提出组织记忆学作为更广泛的研究领域，涵盖功能主义、解释主义和批判三种认识论共同体，并探讨它们之间的对话可能性。
In this article, we advocate for a more balanced approach to the study of the past in management and organization studies. We define organizational mnemonics as a broader field of inquiry focused on theorizing the past as an integral part of organizational life, including three major epistemic communities—that is, functionalist, interpretive, and critical. We contend that much of organizational mnemonics research has been dominated by functionalism, at the expense of other approaches. To remediate this situation, we first characterize organizational mnemonics’ core epistemic communities. Second, we look at the boundary work at the interstices of these communities to explore possibilities of dialogue among them. We argue that the future of the study of the past in organizations should acknowledge different perspectives, the intersections among them, and make a conscientious effort to maintain diversity of scholarship in the field.