-
作者：Chandler, David; Polidoro, Francisco, Jr.; Yang, Wei
作者单位：University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Denver; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; George Mason University
摘要：We have long known that organizational reputation is consequential. While highlighting the effects of a reputation for good behavior, however, prior work has largely overlooked the possibility that a reputation for bad behavior is qualitatively distinct. In addition, we know that organizational reputation is multidimensional. Although this is conceptually intriguing only if different types of reputation produce different effects, concurrent tests of such differences are rare. In response, we s...
-
作者：Nurmohamed, Samir
作者单位：University of Pennsylvania
摘要：Existing theory and research has documented the benefits of facing high expectations and the perils of encountering low expectations. This paper examines the performance effects of underdog expectations, defined as individuals' perceptions that others view them as unlikely to succeed. Integrating theory and research on self-enhancement with psychological reactance, I predict that underdog expectations have the potential to boost performance through the desire to prove others wrong when others'...
-
作者：Gumusay, Ali Aslan; Smets, Michael; Morris, Timothy
作者单位：University of Hamburg; Vienna University of Economics & Business; University of Oxford; University of Oxford; University of Oxford
摘要：Based on a 24-month ethnographic case study of the opening of the first Islamic bank in Germany, we make three contributions to the institutional theory literature. First, we outline polysemy and polyphony as mechanisms that dynamically engage conflicting logics through an organizational-individual interplay. Borrowing from paradox theory, we explain how hybrids can empower individuals to fluidly separate and integrate logics when neither structural compartmentalizing nor organizational blendi...
-
作者：Xu, Alison Jing; Moorman, Christine; Qin, Vivian Yue; Rao, Akshay R.
作者单位：University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Duke University
摘要：Presidential elections reflect societal-level events that expose citizens to large amounts of comparative political information. We suggest that this exposure activates a comparative mindset that changes managers' business decisions in nonpolitical domains. In this state, managers are more likely to select from available options and increase their spending level. Four studies demonstrate this effect. Study 1 uses a quasi-experiment to show that U.S. firms, but not non-U.S. firms, spend more on...
-
作者：Kakkar, Hemant; Sivanathan, Niro; Gobel, Matthias S.
作者单位：Duke University; University of London; London Business School; University of Exeter
摘要：When actors transgress social norms, their social status colors the severity with which they are punished. While some argue that high-status transgressors attract severe punishment when accused of ambiguous transgressions, others contend the opposite. In this paper, we attempt to reconcile this theoretical inconsistency. We propose that the capacity for social status to color third-party judgments of transgressions may depend on the status type of high-status actors. Drawing on the evolutionar...
-
作者：Nalick, Michael; Kuban, Scott; Hill, Aaron D.; Ridge, Jason W.
作者单位：University of Denver; Tulane University; State University System of Florida; University of Florida; University of Arkansas System; University of Arkansas Fayetteville
摘要：Multiple theories addressing firms' reactions to exchange partner misconduct coalesce to depict a trade-off. On the one hand, maintaining commitments to transgressors poses negative spillover risks, so theories posit firms are more likely to avoid such risks by ending commitments as negative spillover rises. On the other hand, exchange relationships often create embedded value, so theorizing also posits firms are more likely to avoid risking loss by maintaining commitments as relationships are...
-
作者：Pierce, Lamar; Snyder, Jason A.
作者单位：Washington University (WUSTL); Utah System of Higher Education; University of Utah
摘要：This paper uses evidence from the historical African slave trade to extend prior theory linking modern firm ownership structure to institutions and social capital. We argue that institutions and social capital are not simply predictors of ownership structure but can also be historically persistent mechanisms through which past traumatic shocks to society shape modern businesses. Using data from over 30,000 firms across 41 sub-Saharan countries, we show that firms in areas that suffered high hi...
-
作者：Desai, V. M.
-
作者：Musaji, Serghei; Schulze, William S.; De Castro, Julio O.
作者单位：IE University; Utah System of Higher Education; University of Utah
摘要：The learning curve describes learning from experience, even in its earliest phases, as an iterative process in which the ratio of positive to negative outcomes rises sharply with experience before becoming subject to diminishing returns. In contrast, the organizational learning literature has suggested that learning when experience is limited is difficult, and unfavorable outcomes are common. Resolution of these competing claims is especially important in the context of strategic decision maki...
-
作者：Blagoeva, Radina R.; Mom, Tom J. M.; Jansen, Justin J. P.; George, Gerard
作者单位：Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam; Singapore Management University
摘要：Firms consider multiple reference points simultaneously to assess performance; however, these referents may be inconsistent in signaling success or failure. Consequently, decision makers use one of two contrasting decision rules when responding to inconsistent feedback: problem solving or self-enhancement. So far, disparate theoretical logics and mixed evidence has limited our understanding about when decision makers shift their attention from positive to negative aspects of inconsistent feedb...
