An Entrainment-Based Model of Temporal Organizational Fit, Misfit, and Performance

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Perez-Nordtvedt, Liliana; Payne, G. Tyge; Short, Jeremy C.; Kedia, Ben L.
• 署名单位: University of Texas System; University of Texas Arlington; Texas Tech University System; Texas Tech University; University of Memphis
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1070.0330
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 785-801
• 关键词: entrainment; fit/misfit; organizational change and adaptation; temporality; performance

摘要

Entrainment refers to the synchronization of the tempo and/or phase of two or more activities within a system. This article utilizes entrainment theory to develop a conceptual model and related propositions describing and explaining the relationship between temporal fit, misfit, and performance at the organizational level of analysis. Essential to the development of our model is the concept of organization-environment (O-E) temporal fit, which is a state of synchronization or alignment of organization and environment activity cycles. O-E temporal.t is positioned as an important contingency element because temporal mis fit implies inefficiencies, substandard performance, and the potential death of the organization over time. Overall, this article offers a theoretical perspective that fills a gap in the extant organizational research literature regarding the elusive and understudied perspective of time and posits its relationship to organizational performance.