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work_gz73qhkm4rfsnlu246wzptwndq	Peter J.J. Anderson	Understanding Mechanisms in Organizational Research	2006.0	12	.pdf	application/pdf	7629	711	52	Social mechanisms are theoretical cogs and wheels that explain how and why one thing organizational socialization practices or compensation systems on individual actions), organization theory are typically rife with mechanisms, but they are often implicit. article, the authors focus on social mechanisms and explore challenges in pursuing a Keywords: social mechanisms; theory building; meso theorizing; organizational research conditions to all social theory, and a mechanismsbased approach helps make these boundaries explicit. Identifying these two processes gives researchers and managers insight into the mechanisms through which We present three recurring themes from our discussions and offer recommendations on how to use mechanisms productively in organizational research. mechanisms may reside in group structures and processes (one level above) and in individual cognitions mechanisms-based approach can makes the explanations in a theory more explicit. that focusing on mechanisms makes the socially constructed nature of research more explicit.	./cache/work_gz73qhkm4rfsnlu246wzptwndq.pdf	./txt/work_gz73qhkm4rfsnlu246wzptwndq.txt