A term popularized by Diane Vaughan to describe the tendency for cultural norms to deviate or drift from correct or proper behavior and to then become normalized in an organizational culture.
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Jun 07, 2023One of us (Tom) is a professor of organizational psychology whose work focuses on questions of culture and resilience. This incorporates empirical inquiry into organizational safety and accidents, risk and conduct, decision-making and whistleblowing, and the workplace values and practices that tie to outcomes for organizations and their leadership, whether successful or otherwise.