Determinants of executive beliefs: Comparing functional conditioning and social influence

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Chattopadhyay, P; Glick, WH; Miller, CC; Huber, GP
• 署名单位: University of Queensland; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; Baylor University; Duke University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199908)20:8<763::AID-SMJ46>3.0.CO;2-D
• 发表日期: 1999
• 页码: 763-789
• 关键词: executive beliefs; functional background; social information processing; upper-echelon team

摘要

Executive beliefs influence strategic decision making in organizations, and thus they ultimately influence organization performance. The factors that might determine upper-echelon executive beliefs, however, have received scant empirical attention; certainly, little is known about their relative influence. In contrast to the oft-asserted influence of functional experiences, our results indicate that beliefs held by upper-echelon executives are better explained with art alternate theoretical model based on social influence. Our pattern of results indicates support for the argument that beliefs are socially reproduced through interaction among executives. Copyright (C) 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.