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作者：GOLDENBIDDLE, K; LOCKE, K
作者单位：William & Mary
摘要：This paper examines how written research accounts based on ethnography appeal to readers to find them convincing. In particular, it highlights the role of rhetoric in the readers' interaction with and interpretation of the accounts. Extending relevant work in the literatures of organization studies, anthropology and literary criticism, the paper develops three dimensions-authenticity, plausibility and criticality-central to the process of convincing. Further, through the analysis of a sample o...
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作者：DAFT, RL; LEWIN, AY
作者单位：Duke University
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作者：HENNART, JF
摘要：Why are firms sometimes more efficient than markets at organizing transactions? Why are most transactions arrayed neither at the pure ''market'' nor at the pure ''hierarchy'' end of the continuum, but rather in the ''swollen middle,'' incorporating features of both ''market'' and ''hierarchy''? Why don't firms make greater use of price incentives? This paper addresses these three questions by developing a model of the choice of institution. One key building block is the distinction between org...
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作者：ZALD, MN
作者单位：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要：Recent critiques of social science have emphasized their ties to the concerns of academic disciplines usually labelled as humanities. Building on this literature, this paper argues that organizational studies must be reconfigured as science and humanities. Substantive examples are drawn from the links of organizational theory to history, the use of semiotics, rhetorical analysis and narrative approaches to policy choices. Reconfiguring the field also has implications for applied work leading t...
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作者：SABHERWAL, R; ROBEY, D
摘要：A widely accepted and usable taxonomy is a fundamental element in the development of a scientific body of knowledge. However, the creation of good empirical taxonomies of implementation processes is complicated by the need to consider the dynamics of the implementation process. This paper addresses this difficulty by using an optimal matching procedure to measure the pairwise distances among event sequences occurring in 53 computer-based information system (IS) implementation projects. Cluster...
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作者：LIOUKAS, S; BOURANTAS, D; PAPADAKIS, V
作者单位：University of London; London Business School
摘要：The present paper reports on managerial autonomy of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), or its reverse: the control which is exerted by government and supervising public authorities on SOEs. First, it examines the types of control applied. Using evidence from a sample of 110 Greek SOEs, the paper identifies certain distinct dimensions of control related to: strategic business-boundary issues, pricing decisions, resource acquisition and mobilisation issues. Second, environmental and organisational ...
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作者：SHAMIR, B; HOUSE, RJ; ARTHUR, MB
作者单位：University of Pennsylvania; Suffolk University
摘要：The empirical literature on charismatic or transformational leadership demonstrates that such leadership has profound effects on followers. However, while several versions of charismatic leadership theory predict such effects, none of them explains the process by which these effects are achieved. In this paper we seek to advance leadership theory by addressing this fundamental problem. We offer a self-concept based motivational theory to explain the process by which charismatic leader behavior...
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作者：ROBERTSON, DC; ANDERSON, E
摘要：The objective of this research was to determine the effects of a firm's control system and dimensions of the work task environment upon ethical judgments made by salespeople. Industrial field salespeople are likely to encounter ethical conflicts on a daily basis in their dealings with customers, competitors, and their own management. How they resolve such conflicts is believed to be a function of both individual characteristics and factors in the situation. This study focuses on situational fa...
