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作者：Walter, Jorge; Levin, Daniel Z.; Murnighan, J. Keith
作者单位：George Washington University; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; Rutgers University New Brunswick; Northwestern University
摘要：Recent research has shown that reconnecting long-lost, dormant ties can yield tremendous value, often more than active ties. Yet two key research questions remain unanswered: which of a person's many dormant ties provide the most value, and which are advice seekers most inclined to choose as reconnection targets? In the current study, we asked executives to seek advice on an important work project from two dormant ties (their first, most preferred choice plus one selected randomly from their n...
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作者：Kim, Eun-Hee; Lyon, Thomas P.
作者单位：George Washington University; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要：Corporate greenwashing has accelerated in recent years, bringing in its wake growing skepticism about corporate green claims. Although a theory of the drivers and deterrents of greenwashing has begun to emerge, it is static in nature and does not incorporate the full range of ways in which firms can misrepresent their environmental performance. Our contribution is threefold. First, we extend the theory of organizational information disclosure to incorporate the possibility of undue modesty abo...
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作者：Casciaro, Tiziana; Lobo, Miguel Sousa
作者单位：University of Toronto; INSEAD Business School
摘要：To better understand the role of affect in organizational task-related networks, we developed a theory of affective primacy that identifies cognitive and motivational mechanisms through which the affective value of a social relationship (a feeling of positive affect from interactions with a colleague) operates as an antecedent of perceived instrumental value (a subjective evaluation of a relationship's contribution to accomplishing assigned tasks). We tested this theory with full-network data ...
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作者：Tortoriello, Marco; McEvily, Bill; Krackhardt, David
作者单位：University of Navarra; IESE Business School; University of Toronto; Carnegie Mellon University
摘要：Whereas recent research on organizational innovation suggests that there is an ecology of roles supporting the innovation process, the majority of network research has concentrated on the role of inventors. In this paper, we contribute to research on organizational innovation by studying the social structural conditions conducive to individuals supporting, facilitating, and promoting the innovativeness of their colleagues-a role we refer to as catalysts of innovation. We consider an individual...
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作者：Haunschild, Pamela R.; Polidoro, Francisco, Jr.; Chandler, David
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Denver
摘要：We know that organizations change over time as a result of their ability to learn and their tendency to forget. What we know less about, however, is why they might change back, despite evidence suggesting that this occurs. In this paper, we develop and test a model of organizational oscillation that explains why firms cycle through periods of learning and periods of forgetting. In particular, we identify a dual role for serious errors, which push firms toward a focus on safety while also pulli...
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作者：Kouchaki, Maryam; Smith, Isaac H.; Netchaeva, Ekaterina
作者单位：Northwestern University; Cornell University; Bocconi University
摘要：Drawing on fairness heuristic theory and literature on negative group schemas, we develop and empirically test the idea that, given the exact same decision outcome, people perceive groups to be less fair than individuals when they receive a decision outcome that is unfavorable, but not when they receive one that is favorable or neutral (Studies 1 and 2). To account for this difference in fairness perceptions following an unfavorable outcome, we show that the mere presence of a group as a decis...
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作者：Bijlsma-Frankema, Katinka; Sitkin, Sim B.; Weibel, Antoinette
作者单位：University of Groningen; Duke University; University of St Gallen
摘要：Despite recent attention to trust, comparatively little is known about distrust as distinct from trust. In this paper, we drew on case study data of a reorganized court of law, where intergroup distrust had grown between judges and administrators, to develop a dynamic theory of distrust. We used insights from the literatures on distrust, conflict escalation, and professional-organization relations to guide the analysis of our case data. Our research is consistent with insights on distrust prev...
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作者：Heavey, Ciaran; Simsek, Zeki
作者单位：University College Dublin; University of Connecticut; University of Connecticut
摘要：A substantial body of research uses the concept of transactive memory systems to describe, explain, and predict the behavior and performance of teams. In a multirespondent study of 99 small to midsized technology-based firms, we extend the concept into the unique context of top management teams and discuss its implications for firm performance. Building on the multifunctional and boundary-spanning role of top managers, we develop a novel theoretical account of how the performance implications ...
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作者：Negro, Giacomo; Hannan, Michael T.; Fassiotto, Magali
作者单位：Emory University; Stanford University
摘要：We propose that category membership can operate as a collective market signal for quality when low-quality producers face higher costs of gaining membership. The strength of membership as a collective signal increases with the sharpness of the category boundary, that is, contrast. Our empirical study focuses on biodynamic and organic viticulture in Alsace.
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作者：Aggarwal, Vikas A.; Wu, Brian
作者单位：INSEAD Business School; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要：We assemble a panel data set of firms in the U.S. defense industry between 1996 and 2006 to examine the drivers of heterogeneous incumbent firm adaptation following the industry-wide demand shock of September 11, 2001. This shock entailed not only an increase in aggregate demand but, more importantly, a shift in the relative attractiveness of individual product areas, resulting in the need for firms to reshuffle their product portfolios in response to changing demand conditions. The exogenous ...
