?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Some+proposals+for+epistemological+advances+in+the+study+of+organizational+learning%0D%0A&rft.creator=Brizio%2C+Adelina&rft.creator=Mate%2C+Davide&rft.creator=Tirassa%2C+Maurizio&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.description=Organizational+Learning+(OL)+is+a+scientific+field+characterized+by+a+long+history+and+growing+interest%2C+so+to+be+considered+a+core+and+promising+concept+in+theory+and+practice+related+to+the+management+and+organization+of+work.+This+paper+addresses+the+two+main+issues+that+have+been+dominating+scientific+debate+in+the+area%3A+the+terminological+confusion+and+the+paucity+and+limitedness+of+the+relevant+empirical+studies.+The+perceived+need+for+systematization+is+not+just+a+call+for+a+unified+vocabulary%2C+but+mainly+a+call+for+epistemological+advances+on+topics+like+knowledge%2C+learning%2C+organizations%2C+and+innovation.+These+problems+may+be+generalized+to+the+claim+that+the+social+sciences+are+strong+on+theory%2C+but+relatively+weak+on+practice%2C+and+that+organizational+learning+appears+to+be+no+exception.+The+aim+of+this+paper+is+to+discuss+some+theoretical+proposals+on+those+topics%2C+casting+them+within+the+complex+systems+framework%2C+and+to+outline+empirical+research+relevant+to+the+issues+discussed.&rft.publisher=ASERS&rft.date=2012&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9095%2F1%2FBrizio_A-Mate_D-Tirassa_M-2012-JAROP.pdf&rft.identifier=++Brizio%2C+Adelina+and+Mate%2C+Davide+and+Tirassa%2C+Maurizio++(2012)+Some+proposals+for+epistemological+advances+in+the+study+of+organizational+learning.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9095%2F