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作者：Jiang, Han; Xia, Jun; Devers, Cynthia E.; Shen, Wei
作者单位：Tulane University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Mays Business School; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
摘要：We develop a firm-director interdependence perspective to theorize director appointments as the outcome of a mutual selection process in which firms and director candidates select each other based on their organizational and personal dependencies. We apply this perspective to address a puzzle regarding director appointment in declining firms: Declining firms are often motivated to bring in director candidates with high resource endowments to help enact turnarounds, but these candidates may not...
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作者：Liu, Ning
作者单位：City University of Hong Kong
摘要：This study develops a nuanced framework to unpack the heterogeneous mechanisms of institutional intermediaries' efforts by aligning their bridging and buffering roles with the information and certification support they offer to clients. I further examine how these mechanisms explain firms' intermediary choices in response to government regulations. Using a novel dataset of power plants across China, I find that the theorized intermediation mechanisms and the ways in which firms assess them are...
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作者：Jacobs, Claus D.; Kreutzer, Karin; Vaara, Eero
作者单位：University of Bern; University of Bern; European Business School (EBS) University; University of Oxford
摘要：This paper elucidates the political dynamics of organizational identity breach and reconstruction. Drawing on the revealing case of UNICEF Germany, we develop a process model of four phases of identity breach and reconstruction: build-up of identity tensions, revelation of identity breach, identity reconstruction, and enactment of the reconstructed identity. Our analysis explains how each phase was characterized by specific political strategies employed by the managerialist and idealist organi...
