Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore managers' learning-oriented leadership, and what conditions managers face when working with the promotion of employees' learning. Design/methodology/approach: Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with managers in three manufacturing firms. Verbatim expressions of the interview…

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to investigate how political activities and processes influence sensemaking and sensegiving among top management, middle management and employees and to examine its consequences for implementing new knowledge. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected in a Norwegian bank using in-depth interviews with…