Narrative Construction as Sensemaking: How a Central Bank Thinks
Narrative Construction as Sensemaking: How a Central Bank Thinks
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DOI：
10.1177/0170840609357380
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发表时间：
2010-03-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Abolafia, Mitchel Y.
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作者：
Abolafia, Mitchel Y.
精英决策群体如何在理解复杂和模糊的环境的同时，保持与该群体制度化的运作模式的一致性？本文提出了一种基于共享叙事结构的意义建构过程。它是一个模式识别的社会过程，涉及溯因，将文化认可的模型与当前条件进行比较，以建立相关的事实和事件;策划，将这些事实和事件重新排序为一个合理的叙述;选择性保留，集体协商适合新兴叙述的政策选择。本文使用联邦会议的逐字记录，探讨政策制定者如何使用适当性逻辑来识别相关线索，并通过编织合理的情节将其与现有模型相结合。这些阴谋旨在控制货币和信贷供应，维护中央银行的合法性。
How do elite policy-making groups make sense of complex and ambiguous environments while remaining consistent with the group's institutionalized operating model? This paper identifies a sensemaking process based in shared narrative construction. It is a social process of pattern recognition involving abduction, the comparison of culturally approved models to the current conditions to establish relevant facts and events; plotting, the reordering of those facts and events into a plausible narrative; and selective retention, the collective negotiation of a policy choice that fits the emerging narrative. This paper uses verbatim transcripts of meetings at the Federal Reserve to explore how policy makers use a logic of appropriateness to identify relevant cues and integrate them with existing models by weaving sensible plots. These plots are designed to control the supply of money and credit and maintain the legitimacy of the central bank.