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作者：Lee, Sun Young; Pitesa, Marko; Thau, Stefan; Pillutla, Madan M.
作者单位：University of London; University College London; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; INSEAD Business School; University of London; London Business School
摘要：We integrate stereotype fit and interdependence theories to propose a model that explains how and why decision makers discriminate in selection decisions. Our model suggests that decision makers draw on stereotypes about members of different social groups to infer the degree to which candidates possess the specific ability required for the task. Decision makers perceive candidates that have a greater ability required for the task as less (more) instrumental to their personal outcomes if they e...
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作者：Carnabuci, Gianluca; Dioszegi, Balint
作者单位：Universita della Svizzera Italiana; Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain; ETH Zurich
摘要：Integrating insights from cognitive psychology into current network theory on the social capital of brokering and closed networks, we argue that cognitive style is a critical contingency explaining the relation between social network position and innovative performance. Based on a complementary fit argument, we posit that a social network rich in structural holes enhances the innovative performance of employees with an adaptive cognitive style; however, individuals with an innovative cognitive...
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作者：Ross, Jan-Michael; Sharapov, Dmitry
作者单位：Imperial College London; Imperial College London
摘要：When is imitation of follower actions an effective competitive strategy for a leader? Building on prior work in competitive dynamics from the Austrian School perspective, we propose that imitation can be an effective means of staying ahead, even in the absence of mimetic social pressures. This is because the leader's imitation of follower actions represents equilibrating moves to maintain the status quo in reaction to the disequilibrating actions that the follower undertakes to catch up with t...
