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8. Organisationale Rituale und ihre Bedeutung für verlässliche Kooperation

Authors : Miriam Rennung, Anja S. Göritz

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Publisher: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden

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Die Mittagspause mit Kollegen, die Abschiedsfeier, das Weihnachtsfest: Alle diese Rituale erfüllen Funktionen für die Gemeinschaft, indem sie die Herausforderungen des kollektiven Handelns in Gruppen adressieren. Auch Organisationen begegnen der Herausforderung, ihre Belegschaft zur Erreichung gemeinsamer Ziele zu koordinieren. Rituale können dies unterstützen, indem sie Zusammengehörigkeitsgefühl und Gruppennormen fördern. In unserer Forschung haben wir durch experimentelle, qualitative und metaanalytische Studien einen Ritualmechanismus untersucht: interpersonelle Synchronizität. Dieser Begriff beschreibt Situationen, in denen Personen ihre Bewegungen, Emotionen oder Empfindungen gleichzeitig erleben. Rituale fungieren als sozialer Klebstoff, weil sie Menschen in ihren aktuellen Erfahrungen vereinigen. Neben interpersoneller Synchronizität weist die Literatur auf weitere Mechanismen hin, wie Rituale funktionieren. Der Beitrag formuliert Empfehlungen für den Einsatz von Ritualen in Organisationen, um eine verlässliche Kooperation – auch in Zeiten der Digitalisierung – zu fördern.

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Title: Organisationale Rituale und ihre Bedeutung für verlässliche Kooperation
Authors: Miriam Rennung
Anja S. Göritz
Publisher: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Book: Kooperation in der digitalen Arbeitswelt
Print ISBN: 978-3-658-34496-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-658-34497-9

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-34497-9_8