TY - T1 - Organizing (with) Thirdness. A Dialogic Understanding of Bicultural Interactions in Organizations SN - 951-555-835-2 / 0357-4598 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10227/188; URN:ISBN:951-555-835-2 T3 - Working Papers A1 - Fougère, Martin A2 - PB - Svenska handelshögskolan Y1 - 2004 LA - en AB - This conceptual paper examines bicultural interactions in organizations as they are experienced by the involved individuals. Notions from Bakhtinian dialogism are used in order to conceptualize the sensemaking opportunities provided by the encounter with a cultural otherness. It is argued that in such bicultural situations, because of the lack of intimate understanding of the other culture, the third element in the dialogic relation - ‘thirdness’, i.e. the relation itself, without which there wo... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - intercultural / bicultural interaction; dialogism; thirdness; bakhtin; sensemaking; Supply Chain Management and Corporate Geography N1 - PP - ER -