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作者:Dirks, KT; Ferrin, DL
作者单位:Washington University (WUSTL); State University of New York (SUNY) System; University at Buffalo, SUNY
摘要:Numerous researchers from various disciplines seem to agree that trust has a number of important benefits for organizations, although they have not necessarily come to agreement on how these benefits occur. In this article, we explore two fundamentally different models that describe how trust might have positive effects on attitudes. perceptions, behaviors, and performance outcomes within organizational settings. In the first section of the article. we examine the model that has dominated the ...
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作者:Gittell, JH
作者单位:Harvard University
摘要:There is a rich debate in organizational theory about the contribution of supervisors to group process and performance, and about the span of control needed to make that contribution. In this paper, I summarize the debate and develop competing hypotheses. These competing hypotheses are tested using multisite survey and archival measures, and interpreted using qualitative data from the same study. I find that small supervisory spans improve performance through their positive effects on group pr...
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作者:Sutcliffe, KM; McNamara, G
作者单位:University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; Michigan State University
摘要:How are decision practices fostered in organizations and how are they linked to decision outcomes? This study addresses these questions by examining one financial institution's efforts to standardize and control decision making across geographically separated organizational units. We argue that decisionmaker behavior is situated and is not simply a function of individual choice. Rather, in organizational settings decisionmakers are subject to a hierarchy of influences that affect the decision ...
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作者:Reagans, R; Zuckerman, EW
作者单位:Carnegie Mellon University; Stanford University
摘要:We argue that the debate regarding the performance implications of demographic diversity can be usefully reframed in terms of the network variables that reflect distinct forms of social capital. Scholars who are pessimistic about the performance of diverse teams base their view on the hypothesis that decreased network density-the average strength of the relationship among team members-lowers a team's capacity for coordination. The optimistic view is founded on the hypothesis that teams that ar...
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作者:Elsbach, KD; Bhattacharya, CB
作者单位:University of California System; University of California Davis; Boston University
摘要:Through two exploratory studies, we develop and test an introductory framework of organizational disidentification. Our first study explores the concept of organizational disidentification through a qualitative investigation of cognitive relationships with the National Rifle Association (NRA). Findings suggest that organizational disidentification is a self-perception based on: (1) a cognitive separation between one's identity and the organization's identity, and (2) a negative relational cate...
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作者:Hoffman, AJ; Ocasio, W
作者单位:Boston University; Northwestern University
摘要:This paper builds on prior theory and research on attention and identity to examine whether and how industries publicly attend to external events, Events are critical triggers of institutional transformation and industry evolution. However. they must first become the focus of public attention to have this effect. We draw on a paired case comparison of media coverage of eight nonroutine events affecting the natural environment and the U.S. chemical industry. We employ both deductive and inducti...
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作者:Hoegl, M; Gemuenden, HG
作者单位:Washington State University; Technical University of Berlin
摘要:An extensive body of literature indicates the importance of teamwork to the success of innovative projects. This growing awareness, that good teamwork increases the success of innovative projects, raises new questions: What is teamwork. and how can it be measured? Why and how is teamwork related to the success of innovative projects? How strong is the relationship between teamwork and various measures of project success such as performance or team member satisfaction? This article develops a c...