Structuring change: Familiarity and formal interventions in problem-solving groups

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Okhuysen, GA
• 署名单位: Utah System of Higher Education; University of Utah
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/3069416
• 发表日期: 2001
• 页码: 794-808
• 关键词: DECISION-MAKING; PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM; time; performance; complexity; accuracy; phases; IMPACT

摘要

This article presents evidence for an incremental change process in decision-making groups whereby change unfolds through self-generated interruptions. Group members initiate self-interruptions by switching their attention to social concerns (in familiar groups) or to discussion instructions (in groups using formal interventions). During such interruptions, members evaluate activities, propose alternative approaches, and change working strategies. Results suggest that familiarity and formal interventions provide flexible structures that lead to superior performance. A central finding reveals that using a formal intervention in familiar groups hurts performance because preestablished interaction patterns are altered.