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作者:ELSBACH, KD
摘要:Through a series of three inductive and deductive studies, I describe how spokespersons from the California cattle industry constructed and effectively used verbal accounts to manage perceptions of organizational legitimacy following controversial events. Findings of Study 1 suggest that organizational accounts are constructed by linking two forms of accounts: acknowledgments or denials, with two contents of accounts: references to institutional or technical characteristics of the organization...
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作者:GUPTA, PP; DIRSMITH, MW; FOGARTY, TJ
作者单位:Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park; University System of Ohio; Case Western Reserve University
摘要:Drawing on both contingency and institutional theories, this paper examines how professionals in an institutionalized environment are coordinated and controlled and what forces shape the structures organizations adopt for this coordination and control. According to contingency theory, the coordination and control of organizational members is shaped by the task environment and the technical nature of the work they perform, while institutional theory proposes that an organization's need to demon...
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作者:MILLER, D; CHEN, MJ
作者单位:Columbia University
摘要:This paper investigates the causes and consequences of competitive inertia in the U.S. airline industry. Competitive inertia is defined as the level of activity that a firm exhibits when altering its competitive stance in areas such as pricing, advertising, new product or service introductions, and market scope. Inertia is argued to be driven by managers' incentives to act, their awareness of action alternatives, and the constraints on their capacity to act. These three sources of inertia were...
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作者:HAUNSCHILD, PR
摘要:This study investigates the effects of interorganizational relationships on the decision of how much to pay when acquiring another company (acquisition premiums). I argue that firm managers will look to both their interlock partners and professional firms when deciding how much to pay. Drawing on diverse literatures on the effects of uncertainty on interorganizational relationships, I further argue that the impact of interlocks and professional firms on the premium decision will be stronger wh...
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作者:BEATTY, RP; ZAJAC, EJ
作者单位:Northwestern University
摘要:We argue in this study that a resolution of the ambiguity and conflict surrounding executive compensation and corporate control practices requires a more unified perspective on top management compensation, ownership, and corporate governance. Drawing from agency and organizational research, the study develops and tests a contingency perspective on how organizations seek to ensure appropriate managerial behavior through a balancing of trade-offs between incentive, monitoring, and risk-bearing a...