What bandwagons bring: Effects of popular management techniques on corporate performance, reputation, and CEO pay

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Staw, BM; Epstein, LD
• 署名单位: University of California System; University of California Berkeley
• 刊物名称: ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE QUARTERLY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-8392
• DOI: 10.2307/2667108
• 发表日期: 2000
• 页码: 523-556
• 关键词: total quality management; INTERORGANIZATIONAL IMITATION; ORGANIZATIONAL LEGITIMACY; FORMAL-STRUCTURE; OWNERSHIP; firm; COMPENSATION; incentives; diffusion; BEHAVIOR

摘要

This paper examines some of the important organizational consequences of popular management techniques. Using informational reports on quality, empowerment, and teams, as well as a measure of the implementation of total quality management programs, we found that companies associated with popular management techniques did not have higher economic performance. Nevertheless, these same companies were more admired, perceived to be more innovative, and rated higher in management quality. Higher pay was also given to chief executives when their companies were associated with these management trends. These results provide strong support for institutional theory, demonstrating how both internal and external legitimacy can be gained by using popular management techniques. They also extend institutional theory from its usual emphasis on organization-environment relations to new within-firm dynamics.