Attention allocation to multiple goals: The case of for-profit social enterprises

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Stevens, Robin; Moray, Nathalie; Bruneel, Johan; Clarysse, Bart
• 署名单位: Ghent University; HOGENT University College of Applied Sciences & Arts; Imperial College London
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.2265
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 1006-1016
• 关键词: ATTENTION-BASED VIEW; for-profit social enterprises; social goals; economic goals; Social entrepreneurship

摘要

The complexity of issues firms have to attend to make it impossible for CEOs to give their full attention to all issues concurrently. Drawing on the attention-based view of the firm, this paper opens the black box of attention allocation in for-profit social enterprises by showing how attention structures and the context in which the firm operates interplay. Utilizing empirical data on 148 for-profit social enterprises, findings show that the attention structuresother-regarding values, utilitarian identity, and resource availabilityhave a significant impact on the relative attention to social goals, while past firm performance as a context variable moderates these relations. Applying the principles of structural and situated attention, this paper makes an important contribution to management theory and attention allocation in for-profit social enterprises. Copyright (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.