MOVING FORWARD FROM PROJECT FAILURE: NEGATIVE EMOTIONS, AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT, AND LEARNING FROM THE EXPERIENCE

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Shepherd, Dean A.; Patzelt, Holger; Wolfe, Marcus
• 署名单位: Indiana University System; IU Kelley School of Business; Indiana University Bloomington; Technical University of Munich; Indiana University System; IU Kelley School of Business; Indiana University Bloomington
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.0102
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: 1229-1259
• 关键词: FIT INDEXES; organizational commitment; KNOWLEDGE CREATION; METHOD VARIANCE; DIRTY WORK; performance; entrepreneurship; antecedents; PERSPECTIVE; management

摘要

Project failures are common. We theorized and found that although time heals wounds (reduces the negative emotions from project failure), it heals differently depending on the strength of individuals' specific coping orientations. Further, wounds are shallower for those who perceive that their organization normalizes failure. We conjointly consider learning from failure and affective commitment to an organization as determining how individuals move forward from project failure. Findings suggest that studies framing moving forward solely as learning from failure will likely overstate the benefits of a loss orientation and understate the benefits of both a restoration and an oscillation orientation.