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作者：Sitkin, Sim B.; See, Kelly E.; Miller, C. Chet; Lawless, Michael W.; Carton, Andrew M.
作者单位：Duke University; New York University; University of Houston System; University of Houston; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park
摘要：We investigate the organizational pursuit of seemingly impossible goals commonly known as stretch goals. Building from our analysis of the mechanisms through which stretch goals could influence organizational learning and performance, we offer a contingency framework evaluating which organizations are positioned to benefit from such extreme goals and which are most likely to pursue them. We conclude that stretch goals are, paradoxically, most seductive for organizations that can least afford t...
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作者：Oswick, Cliff; Fleming, Peter; Hanlon, Gerard
作者单位：University of London
摘要：Why are there not more original and radical theories in organization theory? To answer this question, we consider an overreliance on theory borrowing from other disciplines. We identify a dominant foreign to domestic to domesticated pattern of organization and management theory building and propose that the prevalent process of one-way borrowing from outside the discipline should be counterbalanced by a two-way analogical process of conceptual blending, which involves dissonant thinking, disan...
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作者：Navis, Chad; Glynn, Mary Ann
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; Boston College
摘要：We theorize about how the entrepreneurial identity, which we define as the constellation of claims around the founder, new venture, and market opportunity as to who we are and what we do, serves as a touchstone for investor judgments about new venture plausibility. We propose that entrepreneurial identities are judged favorably when they are legitimately distinctive, and that such judgments are influenced by market context and are mediated by identity narratives that provide institutional prim...
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作者：O'Leary, Michael Boyer; Mortensen, Mark; Woolley, Anita Williams
作者单位：Georgetown University; Carnegie Mellon University
摘要：Organizations use multiple team membership to enhance individual and team productivity and learning, but this structure creates competing pressures on attention and information, which make it difficult to increase both productivity and learning. Our model describes how the number and variety of multiple team memberships drive different mechanisms, yielding distinct effects. We show how carefully balancing the number and variety of team memberships can enhance both productivity and learning.
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作者：Sandberg, Joergen; Tsoukas, Haridimos
作者单位：University of Queensland; University of Cyprus; University of Warwick
摘要：There is an increasing concern that management theories are not relevant to practice. In this article we contend that the overall problem is that most management theories are unable to capture the logic of practice because they are developed within the framework of scientific rationality. We elaborate practical rationality as an alternative framework and show how it enables development of theories that grasp the logic of practice and, thus, are more relevant to management practice.
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作者：Tsang, Eric W. K.; Ellsaesser, Florian
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
摘要：We introduce the theory of contrastive explanation, the core argument of which is that we do not explain an entire phenomenon but only aspects of it. Using the example of transaction cost economics, we illustrate how contrastive explanation can assist organizational researchers in creating, broadening, and deepening their theories through posing suitable contrastive questions. We summarize our discussion into eight heuristic rules that will serve as useful theory-building tools.
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作者：Bitektine, Alex
作者单位：Universite de Montreal; HEC Montreal
摘要：The proposed theory extends research on cognitive and sociopolitical legitimacy, reputation, and status by advancing an evaluator's perspective on these concepts as forms of social judgment, each addressing a different evaluator's question about the organization. I describe how evaluators make their social judgments under conditions of bounded rationality and how cognitive and social factors influence this process. The proposed process model of social judgment formation highlights the complex ...
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作者：Bridoux, Flore; Coeurderoy, Regis; Durand, Rodolphe
作者单位：University of Amsterdam; Universite Catholique Louvain; Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) Paris
摘要：The collective creation of value has remained underexplored in management research. Drawing on social psychology and behavioral economics, we analyze the impact of the mix of employee motives to cooperate and compare the collective value generated by three motivational systems: individual monetary incentives, benevolent cooperation, and disciplined cooperation. Aligning the motivational system with the mix of motives in the workforce allows firms to foster cooperation and realize the value cre...
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作者：Petriglieri, Jennifer Louise
作者单位：Harvard University
摘要：I review and reconceptualize identity threat, defining it as an experience appraised as indicating potential harm to the value, meanings, or enactment of an identity. I also develop a theoretical model and propositions that generate insights into how individuals respond to identity threats originating from a range of sources. I use this theory to explore individual and organizational consequences of different identity threat responses and their implications for research on identity dynamics wi...
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作者：Alvesson, Mats; Sandberg, Joergen
作者单位：Lund University; University of Queensland
摘要：It is increasingly recognized that what makes a theory interesting and influential is that it challenges our assumptions in some significant way. However, established ways for arriving at research questions mean spotting or constructing gaps in existing theories rather than challenging their assumptions. We propose problematization as a methodology for identifying and challenging assumptions underlying existing literature and, based on that, formulating research questions that are likely to le...
