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作者：Fiss, Peer C.
作者单位：University of Southern California
摘要：I argue that research on organizational configurations has been limited by a mismatch between theory and methods and introduce set-theoretic methods as a viable alternative for overcoming this mismatch. I demonstrate the value of such methods for studying organizational configurations and discuss their applicability for examining equifinality and limited diversity among configurations, as well as their relevance to other research fields such as complementarities theory, complexity theory, and ...
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作者：Terlaak, Ann
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
摘要：Certified management standards (CMS), like norms, rely on decentralized enforcement processes to guide firm behaviors. I analyze how two elements of CMS-codification and certification-enable this institution to shape firm behaviors in settings where norms are ineffective. I further theorize that these same two elements limit the effectiveness of CMS by weakening enforcement processes. I contribute to institutional theory by identifying possibilities and limitations for normlike institutions to...
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作者：Grant, Adam M.
作者单位：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要：This article illustrates how work contexts motivate employees to care about making a positive difference in other people's lives. I introduce a model of relational job design to describe how jobs spark the motivation to make a prosocial difference, and how this motivation affects employees' actions and identities. Whereas existing research focuses on individual differences and the task structures of jobs, I illuminate how the relational architecture of jobs shapes the motivation to make a pros...
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作者：Scherer, Andreas Georg; Palazzo, Guido
作者单位：University of Zurich; University of Lausanne
摘要：We review two important schools within business and society research, which we label positivist and postpositivist corporate social responsibility (CSR). The former is criticized because of its instrumentalism and normative vacuity and the latter because of its relativism, foundationalism, and utopianism. We propose a new approach, based on Jurgen Habermas's theory of democracy, and we define the new role of the business firm as a political actor in a globalizing society.
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作者：Forbes, Daniel P.
作者单位：University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：A key question in strategy is whether comprehensiveness enables firms to make better strategic decisions in various environments. I identify two problems hindering efforts to answer this question: past studies have generally theorized about a different dependent variable than they have measured, and they have conflated the concepts of uncertainty, ambiguity, and instability in accounting for environmental moderation. I then reframe the question and propose ways of characterizing organizational...
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作者：Van Maanen, John; Sorensen, Jesper B.; Mitchell, Terence R.
作者单位：Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Stanford University; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
摘要：This special issue contains six papers that address a variety of practical research process questions. The papers explore how theory and method inevitably interact in particular organization and management studies. Here we offer an overview of how theory and method have been treated to date by organization researchers and suggest that respecting both the primacy of theory and the primacy of evidence is no easy task but a necessary balancing practice that characterizes high-quality research.
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作者：Gibson, Cristina B.; Earley, P. Christopher
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Irvine; National University of Singapore
摘要：Group efficacy has emerged as an important and significant predictor of group effectiveness. However, most conceptual work on group efficacy fails to capture its complexity. In this article we extend extant theory and develop a more in-depth model of how group efficacy develops and operates within existing groups, including complex moderating factors. We conclude with a discussion of implications and future research concerning motivation in collaborative efforts.
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作者：Schoorman, F. David; Mayer, Roger C.; Davis, James H.
作者单位：Purdue University System; Purdue University; University System of Ohio; University of Akron; University of Notre Dame
摘要：A considerable amount of research has examined trust since our 1995 publication. We revisit some of the critical issues that we addressed and provide clarifications and extensions of the topics of levels of analysis, time, control systems, reciprocity, and measurement. We also recognize recent research in new areas of trust, such as affect, emotion, violation and repair, distrust, international and cross-cultural issues, and context-specific models, and we identify promising avenues for future...
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作者：Geddes, Deanna; Callister, Ronda Roberts
作者单位：Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University; Utah System of Higher Education; Utah State University
摘要：We present a theoretical model of contextualized anger expression to challenge prominent antisocial, aggression, and individual actor perspectives reflected in the current literature, and we assert that organizational observers' judgments and reactions help determine whether anger results in more negative or positive outcomes. The dual threshold model includes an expression threshold, which is crossed when individuals communicate rather than suppress anger, and an impropriety threshold, which ...
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作者：Benz, Matthias; Frey, Bruno S.
摘要：In view of recent corporate scandals, we argue that corporate governance can learn from public governance. Institutions devised to control and discipline the behavior of executives in the political sphere can give new insights into how to improve the governance of firms. We discuss proposals in four specific areas: manager compensation. the division of power within firms, rules of succession in top positions, and institutionalized competition in core areas of the corporation.
