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When past and present collide: The consequences of conflict between imprinted memory and contemporary experience

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  • Peter Bryant

    (IE Business School - IE Business School - IE Business School)

  • Nathalie Lazaric

    (GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur)

  • Moustapha Niang

    (GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur)

Abstract
Studies demonstrate that the founding conditions of organizations are imprinted, for example, as features of organizational structure, culture, relational networks, and within organizational routines. Yet much remains unknown about the psychological mechanisms of initial imprinting and subsequent transmission. In this study, we investigate the role of collective memorization in the imprinting process, and in particular the role of transactive autobiographical memory. Through a case study of a large organization, we show that the organization developed a transactive autobiographical memory system focusing on life as a technical expert. This collective memory became imprinted, having deep implications for collective identity, cultural values, relational bonds, shared goals and motivations. We then illuminate the problems that arise when imprinted memory systems come into conflict with more dynamic organizational demands. We thus propose an explanation for how and why imprinted effects can reduce an organization's capacity to learn and adapt.

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  • Peter Bryant & Nathalie Lazaric & Moustapha Niang, 2012. "When past and present collide: The consequences of conflict between imprinted memory and contemporary experience," Post-Print halshs-00908420, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00908420
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    Cited by:

    1. Olga Kokshagina & Sophie Hooge & Emilie Canet, 2016. "Microfoundations and the birth of a firm's identity: How entrepreneurs deal with routines to entrench their start-up in an ecosystem," Post-Print hal-01408731, HAL.
    2. Robert Charles Sheldon & Eric Michael Laviolette & Fabien Geuser, 2020. "Explaining the process and effects of new routine introduction with a notion of micro-level entrepreneurship," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 30(3), pages 609-642, July.

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