作者：Bidwell, Matthew J.
作者单位：University of Pennsylvania
摘要：How does managers' pursuit of their own intraorganizational interests affect decisions about what work to outsource and how to contract with vendors? I study this question using a qualitative study of outsourcing in the information technology department of a large financial services firm. Traditional transaction cost-based theories argue that decisions about which transactions to outsource should reflect the characteristics of those transactions, yet I find only a weak link between transaction...
作者：Bailey, Diane E.; Leonardi, Paul M.; Barley, Stephen R.
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; Northwestern University; Stanford University
摘要：Although organizational scholars have begun to study virtual work, they have yet to fully grapple with its diversity. We draw on semiotics to distinguish among three types of virtual work (virtual teams, remote control, and simulations) based on what it is that a technology makes virtual and whether work is done with or on, through, or within representations. Of the three types, simulations have been least studied, yet they have the greatest potential to change work's historically tight coupli...
作者：Hill, N. Sharon; Seo, Myeong-Gu; Kang, Jae Hyeung; Taylor, M. Susan
作者单位：George Washington University; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
摘要：Research has shown that employees' affective and normative commitment to change (ACC and NCC, respectively) positively influence their behaviors supporting change; however, organizations are frequently unsuccessful in motivating appropriate levels of employee commitment to change. Using longitudinal, multilevel data collected from a large federal government agency implementing radical organizational change, we extend extant research related to antecedents of commitment to change by examining h...
