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作者:Luo, XW; Chung, CN
作者单位:University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; National University of Singapore
摘要:We examine the role of particularistic relationships (such as family and prior social ties) in business groups during institutional transition and test how particularistic ties between top leaders affect business group performance in Taiwan, where such ties have been central to the functioning of business groups. We propose that during market-oriented transition, family and prior social ties could Improve group performance by providing informal norms that strengthen the intermediation within b...
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作者:Walsh, JP; Kress, JC; Beyerchen, KW
作者单位:University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
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作者:Baker, T; Nelson, RE
作者单位:North Carolina State University; Southern Illinois University System; Southern Illinois University; Universidade de Sao Paulo
摘要:A field study of 29 resource-constrained firms that varied dramatically in their responses to similar objective environments is used to examine the process by which entrepreneurs in resource-poor environments were able to render unique services by recombining elements at hand for new purposes that challenged institutional definitions and limits. We found that Levi-Strauss's concept of bricolage-making do with what is at hand-explained many of the behaviors we observed in small firms that were ...
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作者:Amabile, TM; Barsade, SG; Mueller, JS; Staw, BM
作者单位:Harvard University; University of Pennsylvania; New York University; University of California System; University of California Berkeley
摘要:This study explored how affect relates to creativity at work. Using both quantitative and qualitative longitudinal data from the daily diaries of 222 employees in seven companies, we examined the nature, form, and temporal dynamics of the affect-creativity relationship. The results indicate that positive affect relates positively to creativity in organizations and that the relationship is a simple linear one. Time-lagged analyses identify positive affect as an antecedent of creative thought, w...
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作者:Tosi, H
作者单位:State University System of Florida; University of Florida
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作者:Phillips, DJ
作者单位:University of Chicago
摘要:Using a study on foundings of Silicon Valley law firms, I propose and test an organizational theory on the genealogical persistence of gender inequality that emphasizes the routines (or blueprints) and experiences that founders transfer from their parent firms to their new firms. This transfer links the parent firm's gender hierarchy to women's advancement opportunities in the new firm. Founders from parent firms that historically had women in leadership positions, such that female leadership ...