ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ACTIVITIES OF NIGERIAN MANUFACTURING EXECUTIVES - A COMPARATIVE-ANALYSIS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: SAWYERR, OO
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.4250140405
• 发表日期: 1993
• 页码: 287-299
• 关键词: PERCEIVED ENVIRONMENT UNCERTAINTY; ENVIRONMENT SCANNING; nigeria; Developing countries; TRANSFERABILITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

摘要

This study investigated the relationship between perception of environmental uncertainty (PEU) and environmental scanning behavior of Chief Executive Officers of 47 manufacturing firms in Nigeria. The results indicated that perceived uncertainty in the environment was significantly higher for the task environment sectors than for the remote environment sectors; and as perceived uncertainty increased in a sector of the environment, scanning frequency and scanning interests also increased. The results were compared with those of prior research in the area of environmental scanning. The results show both the economic and political legal sectors of the environment to be more salient for Nigerian manufacturing executives than for their American counterparts.