Watercooler chat, organizational structure and corporate culture

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Newton, Jonathan; Wait, Andrew; Angus, Simon D.
• 署名单位: Kyoto University; University of Sydney; Monash University
• 刊物名称: GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0899-8256
• DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2019.09.004
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 354-365
• 关键词: Collaboration; teams; hierarchies; Delayering; networks; EVOLUTION

摘要

Modeling firms as networks of employees, occasional collaborative decision making around the office watercooler changes long run employee behavior (corporate culture). The culture that emerges in a given team of employees depends on team size and on how the team is connected to the wider firm. The implications of the model for organizational structure are explored and related to trends in the design of hierarchies. (C) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.