Discussion

Abstract

This study brings together two fields of research: Organizational routines and experimental psychology. Addressing the overall research question, whether implicit learning can diminish the gap between the ostensive and performative aspect of an organizational routine, this study showed the synergetic value of consolidating insights from research on routines and experimental psychology. In this final chapter, some of the main theoretical and experimental insights will be recapped and will be integrated into the results of the experimental study. The structure of the contributions of this study corresponds to the conceptual themes that were introduced in the theoretical background of organizational routines and divide into a vertical, a horizontal and a time perspective.