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作者：Sosa, Manuel E.
作者单位：INSEAD Business School
摘要：Understanding the determinants of creativity at the individual and organizational level has been the focus of a long history of research in various disciplines from the social sciences, but little attention has been devoted to studying creativity at the dyadic level. Why are some dyadic interactions more likely than others to trigger the generation of novel and useful ideas in organizations? As dyads conduit both knowledge and social forces, they offer an ideal setting to disentangle the effec...
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作者：Chuang, You-Ta; Church, Robin; Ophir, Ron
作者单位：York University - Canada; Toronto Metropolitan University
摘要：We draw upon institutional theory to investigate the interactive influences of institutional mechanisms coercive, mimetic, and normative-on the diffusion of a controversial and socially stigmatized practice, same-sex partner health benefits, in Fortune 500 corporations between 1990 and 2003. Given the social stigma associated with domestic partnerships of lesbians and gay men during the period of the study, the provision of these benefits was highly controversial and induced intense contestati...
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作者：Coen, Corinne A.; Maritan, Catherine A.
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Case Western Reserve University; Syracuse University
摘要：In this research, we examine the dynamic capability of resource allocation to invest in operational capabilities. Using a computer simulation, we model a process of firms competing in factor markets for opportunities to invest in existing capabilities and acquire new ones. Based on the simulation results, we derive a set of propositions about the conditions under which there are and are not performance benefits from possessing a superior ability to search for new capabilities. Because the defi...
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作者：Bailey, Diane E.; Barley, Stephen R.
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; Stanford University
摘要：Although organizational theorists have long argued that environments shape organizational structures, they have paid little attention to the processes by which the shaping occurs. This paper examines these processes by showing how environments shape teaching and learning activities, which in turn shape structure. Observational field data from structural engineering groups in three firms and hardware engineering groups in three firms revealed that the two occupations exhibited different pattern...
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作者：Fang, Eric (Er)
作者单位：University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
摘要：In emerging economies, firms use strategic alliances to access and learn from partners' knowledge and thus enhance their innovativeness, especially when the partners have complementary knowledge sets. However, differences in cultural and business practices, as well as a lack of trust between local and foreign firms, make it more difficult for both partners to absorb and integrate their complementary knowledge bases. In emerging economies, strategic alliances often are associated with weak lega...
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作者：Mizruchi, Mark S.; Stearns, Linda Brewster; Fleischer, Anne
作者单位：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; Southern Methodist University; University of Toronto
摘要：Research on the effects of social networks on individual status attainment has exploded in recent years, but the results remain equivocal, varying across network structures, types of ties, and outcome variables. The focus in this literature has been on two primary outcomes: performance benefits and rewards (including promotion and compensation). These two types of outcomes have often been conflated, however, despite the fact that high levels of one do not guarantee high levels of the other. We...
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作者：Sherman, J. Daniel; Keller, Robert T.
作者单位：University of Alabama System; University of Alabama Huntsville; University of Houston System; University of Houston
摘要：This investigation extends previous research on cross-functional integration. Building on earlier theoretical development, a graduated sequence of modes of integration is tested in relation to interunit task interdependence in a global logistics support organization. This research addresses the question of what effects are associated with perceptual error in the assessment of interunit task interdependence. The results demonstrate that as the deviation between perceived and latent interdepende...
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作者：Brown, Graham; Robinson, Sandra L.
作者单位：Singapore Management University; University of British Columbia; University of British Columbia
摘要：Territoriality represents a new area of research in organizations. In this study, we empirically examined how territorial 1 infringement leads to anger and reactionary defenses. Using a cognitive appraisal theory of anger, we posited that a perceived infringement evokes anger that, in turn, fuels reactionary defenses. We tested our hypotheses by using data collected in an open-ended survey of 125 employees. They provided us with critical incidents of perceived infringement at work, which we th...
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作者：Perez-Aleman, Paola
作者单位：McGill University
摘要：This research analyzes how foreign organizational practices diffuse among indigenous enterprises in a developing economy. It highlights the collective knowledge-building process as central for understanding diffusion. Based on a longitudinal case study of a cluster of dairy producers in Nicaragua, a representative low-income country, it looks at cross-border diffusion in conditions that differ significantly from advanced economies. The current literature that highlights institutional pressures...
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作者：Lewin, Arie Y.; Massini, Silvia; Peeters, Carine
作者单位：Duke University; University of Manchester; Universite Libre de Bruxelles; Universite Libre de Bruxelles; Solvay SA
摘要：The 20 years following the introduction of the seminal construct of absorptive capacity (AC) by Cohen and Levinthal (Cohen, W. M., D. A. Levinthal. 1989. Innovation and learning: The two faces of R&D. Econom. J. 99(397) 569-596; Cohen, W. M., D. A. Levinthal. 1990. Absorptive capacity: A new perspective on learning and innovation. Admin. Sci. Quart. 35(1) 128-152) have seen the proliferation of a vast literature citing the AC construct in over 10,000 published papers, chapters, and books, and ...
