The purpose of this study is to contribute to the interest in arts-based learning as part of the growing literature on artistic initiatives in business contexts, by advancing the understanding of the potential of arts-based business learning that people can yet fail to benefit from. We draw on Weick’s framework for how people construct meaning in organized situations and on a qualitative study of an art seminar in business education to consider arts-based learning in the face of pitfalls that can prevent people from engaging in approaches that differ from their usual ones and from which they can learn. We show that people can benefit from the potential of arts-based business learning when collective meaning-construction processes such as sensemaking or sensegiving can unfold and work in an iterative, active and intense way, to take people towards new experiences. Our study also highlights the usefulness of taking a perspective centred on ongoing collective meaning-construction processes and of focusing on both learning activities and learning situations when studying business learning.
Notre article cherche à comprendre comment les espaces inhabituels de la formation de préprofessionnels comptables interviennent dans le projet de profession des contrôleurs de gestion. Nous appliquons le concept d’« espace de travail sur l’identité » à l’étude qualitative d’un séminaire de formation par l’art proposé dans un master 2 spécialisé en contrôle et audit. Nous montrons que cet espace inhabituel offre à une communauté comptable plurielle un espace de travail analytique et discursif sur l’identité professionnelle des contrôleurs. En permettant à la communauté de développer et partager des constats consensuels sur des problématiques des contrôleurs et des solutions envisageables, cet espace contribue à la reconnaissance du métier. Nous enrichissons la documentation des contextes et acteurs du projet de profession, détaillons les mécanismes le soutenant dans les espaces inhabituels de la phase préprofessionnelle comptable, et affinons la compréhension de la participation des différents espaces des comptables à ce projet de profession.
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