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作者:Toh, SM; Denisi, AS
作者单位:University of Toronto; Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station
摘要:We examine the referent selection process of host country national (HCN) employees. We outline the conditions under which they are more likely to select expatriate colleagues as comparative referents and suggest that, when this occurs, they are likely to experience relative deprivation. We also highlight the role of national culture in the process. Our model shifts the focus of overseas assignments research from the expatriate to the HCN, and it also has important practical implications for mu...
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作者:Forbes, LC
作者单位:Franklin & Marshall College
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作者:Kostova, T; Roth, K
作者单位:University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia
摘要:Linking theories of social capital with theories of multinational corporations (MNCs), we discuss the need for and creation of social capital in foreign subunits of MNCs. We argue that the required levels and forms of social capital are determined by the nature of interdependence between headquarters and subunits, and thus vary by different models of MNCs. We then develop a micro-macro model of social capital formation, explaining how boundary spanners form their private social capital and how...
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作者:Donaldson, T
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作者:Hillman, AJ; Dalziel, T
作者单位:Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
摘要:Boards of directors serve two important functions for organizations: monitoring management on behalf of shareholders and providing resources. Agency theorists assert that effective monitoring is a function of a board's incentives, whereas resource dependence theorists contend that the provision of resources is a function of board capital. We combine the two perspectives and argue that board capital affects both board monitoring and the provision of resources and that board incentives moderate ...
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作者:Aguilera, RV; Jackson, G
作者单位:University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
摘要:We develop a theoretical model to describe and explain variation in corporate governance among advanced capitalist economies, identifying the social relations and institutional arrangements that shape who controls corporations. what interests corporations serve. and the allocation of rights and responsibilities among corporate stakeholders. Our actor-centered institutional approach explains firm-level corporate governance practices in terms of institutional factors that shape how actors' inter...
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作者:Rousseau, DM; Shperling, Z
作者单位:Carnegie Mellon University; Carnegie Mellon University; Technion Israel Institute of Technology
摘要:We develop theory specifying the role of ownership in the employment relationship and address how sharing in ownership's privileges can create convergent psychological contracts between workers and employers. We specify two factors limiting the attractiveness of ownership for some workers-that is, the potential for internal conflict among worker/owners transitioning to this dual role and the risks that ownership entails-and also outline a research agenda to investigate how allocating ownership...
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作者:Sundaramurthy, C; Lewis, M
作者单位:California State University System; San Diego State University; University System of Ohio; University of Cincinnati
摘要:Corporate governance is an increasingly provocative topic, evident in ongoing debates between proponents of control versus collaborative approaches. We accommodate these contrasting approaches within a paradox framework, using agency and stewardship theories to elaborate the underlying tensions and to emphasize the value of monitoring. as well as empowerment. Building from these tensions, we examine reinforcing cycles that foster strategic persistence and organizational decline. We conclude by...
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作者:Benner, MJ; Tushman, ML
作者单位:University of Pennsylvania; Harvard University
摘要:We develop a contingency view of process management's influence on both technological innovation and organizational adaptation. We argue that while process management activities are beneficial for organizations in stable contexts, they are fundamentally inconsistent with all but incremental innovation and change. But dynamic capabilities are rooted in both exploitative and exploratory activities. We argue that process management activities must be buffered from exploratory activities and that ...
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作者:Aragón-Correa, JA; Sharma, S
作者单位:University of Granada; Wilfrid Laurier University
摘要:We integrate perspectives from the literature on contingency, dynamic capabilities, and the natural resource-based view of the firm to propose how dimensions of the general competitive environment of a business will influence the development of a dynamic, proactive corporate strategy for managing the business-natural environment interface. We also explain how certain characteristics of the general business environment-uncertainty, complexity, and munificence-moderate the relationship between t...