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作者：Martins, LL; Kambil, A
作者单位：University of Connecticut
摘要：We investigated the effects of a company's success with using an existing information technology (IT) on its managers' strategic issue interpretations of new information technologies in their industry. We found that success with an existing IT resulted in a positive bias in managers' interpretations of new ITs. This bias was stronger among managers who had greater amounts of experience with the existing technology and among managers whose companies did not: engage in proactive information seek...
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作者：Amabile, TM; Conti, R
作者单位：Harvard University; Colgate University
摘要：This study examined the work environment for creativity at a large high-technology firm before, during, and after a major downsizing. Creativity and most creativity-supporting aspects of the perceived work environment declined significantly during the downsizing but: increased modestly later; the opposite pattern was observed for creativity-undermining aspects. Stimulants and obstacles to creativity in the work environment mediated the effects of downsizing. These results suggest ways in which...
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作者：Blau, G
作者单位：Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University
摘要：In this study, routine task responsibilities and professional organization memberships had positive effects on the professional commitment of medical technologists in the first four years of their careers, but advanced professional research activities had a negative effect. I obtained these results after controlling for a set of initial attitude, personal background, organizational context, and professional socialization variables.
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作者：Klassen, RD; Whybark, DC
作者单位：Western University (University of Western Ontario); University Western Ontario Hospital; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
摘要：Management of the natural environment is becoming an increasingly important issue to manufacturing firms, yet their managers are also challenged to implement changes that improve competitiveness. To meet this challenge, a new construct grounded in the resource-based view of the firm and manufacturing strategy has been developed: the environmental technology portfolio. The composition of a plant's portfolio-the pattern of its investment in environmental technologies in manufacturing over time-w...
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作者：Dalton, DR; Daily, CM; Johnson, JL; Ellstrand, AE
作者单位：Indiana University System; IU Kelley School of Business; Indiana University Bloomington; University of Arkansas System; University of Arkansas Fayetteville; California State University System; California State University Long Beach
摘要：Although a host of theory-driven rationales suggest a relationship between board of directors size and firm performance, the literature provides no consensus about: the direction of that relationship, A meta-analysis of 131 samples (N = 20,620) provided systematic evidence of nonzero, positive, true population estimates of board size-performance relationships.
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作者：Welbourne, TM; Cyr, LA
作者单位：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; Harvard University
摘要：There is much discussion about firms putting human resource management (HRM) to strategic use, in part by hiring senior HRM executives. This study explored whether that recommendation can help entrepreneurial, growth-oriented companies. By applying organizational inertia concepts, we investigated whether having a senior HRM executive reporting to a firm's CEO affected firm performance in a sample of firms making their initial public offerings (IPOs). Results indicate that smaller, fast-growing...
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作者：Judiesch, MK; Lyness, KS
作者单位：City University of New York (CUNY) System; Baruch College (CUNY)
摘要：We examined the relationship between taking a leave of absence and rewards among 11,815 managers in a financial services organization. Results indicated that leaves of absence, regardless of the reason for them (family responsibilities or illness) or the gender of the manager, were associated with significantly fewer subsequent promotions and smaller salary increases. Leaves of absence had a significant, negative relationship to performance ratings only if the leaves had been taken during the ...
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作者：Simons, T; Pelled, LH; Smith, KA
作者单位：Cornell University; University of Southern California; Syracuse University
摘要：This study examined how top management team diversity variables and debate interacted to influence two measures of company financial performance. Further, it assessed the degree to which decision comprehensiveness mediated those interaction effects. Multi-informant data from the top management teams of 57 manufacturing companies revealed that more job-related types of diversity interacted with debate to influence financial performance, but a less job-related type (age diversity) did not. Decis...
