Sense making: Trojan horse? Pandora's box?

This article examines the concept of sense making and its application to ma nagement disciplines. The ideas of Karl Weick are discussed in terms of the ir contribution to these disciplines. Two contributions are identified-the validation of the "agent" and the impact of the adoption of the sense-makin g construct on current research paradigms, theory, and methodology. The the me of this article is that sense making, whose origin lies in constructivis m, has been interpreted and applied within the social-constructionist world view. The consequence of this action is a heightening of epistemological di scussion in the social and management sciences. (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.