The effect of core change on performance: Inertia and regression toward the mean

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Greve, HR
• 署名单位: University of Tsukuba
• 刊物名称: ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE QUARTERLY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-8392
• DOI: 10.2307/2666963
• 发表日期: 1999
• 页码: 590-614
• 关键词: ORGANIZATIONAL-CHANGE; STRATEGIC CHANGE; risk-taking; MODEL; DYNAMICS; industry; succession; mortality; COMPETITION; Isomorphism

摘要

This paper examines the consequences of changes in the organization's market position on its market share, testing arguments of inertia and regression toward the mean and taking into account recent methodological critiques of studies on the consequences of organizational change. A study of format change in the U.S. radio industry, 1984-1992, shows that changes cause performance to decline, as inertia theory predicts, but this is moderated by organizational size and performance before the change, so change can be beneficial for low-performing organizations but may be harmful for large and successful organizations.