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作者：Barki, H; Pinsonneault, A
作者单位：Universite de Montreal; HEC Montreal; McGill University
摘要：The notion of integration is central to the understanding of organizations in general as well as of contemporary phenomena such as e-commerce, virtual organizations, virtual teams, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation. Yet, the concept of integration is ill-defined in the literature, and the impact of achieving high levels of integration is not well understood. The present paper addresses these issues. Drawing on the literature of several fields, this paper proposes the concep...
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作者：Chatman, JA; Flynn, FJ
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Berkeley; Columbia University
摘要：We advocate a full-cycle approach to conducting organizational behavior research. Full-cycle research begins with the observation of naturally occurring phenomena and proceeds by traveling back and forth between observation and manipulation-based research settings, establishing the power, generality, and conceptual underpinnings of the phenomenon along the way. Compared with more traditional approaches, full-cycle research offers several advantages, such as specifying theoretical models, consi...
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作者：Howard-Grenville, JA
作者单位：Boston University
摘要：Once regarded as stable and inflexible, organizational routines are increasingly seen as capable of being adapted to the situation at hand and a potentially important source of endogenous change in organizations. This paper considers why routines that are performed flexibly may nonetheless persist over time. Drawing on data from participant observation of a high-tech manufacturing company, I identify factors that contribute to both the flexibility and persistence of a routine. First, individua...
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作者：Vera, D; Crossan, M
作者单位：University of Houston System; University of Houston; Western University (University of Western Ontario); University Western Ontario Hospital
摘要：This paper builds on the principles and insights from improvisational theater to unpack the nature of collective improvisation and to consider what it takes to do it well and to innovate. Furthermore, we discuss the role of training in enhancing the incidence and effectiveness of improvisation. We propose that two common misconceptions about improvisation have hindered managers' understanding of how to develop the improvisational skill. First, the spontaneous facet of improvisation tends to be...
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作者：Boeker, W; Wiltbank, R
作者单位：University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle; Willamette University
摘要：This study examines factors influencing changes in the top management of start-up firms. Whereas a significant amount of research has examined top management transitions in established firms, we know much less about the factors influencing the evolution of top management capabilities in a new firm. Our research examines these issues in a sample of new ventures founded from 1983 through 1995, examining each firm for seven years after its founding to evaluate the conditions that influence a firm...
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作者：Jelinek, M; Griffith, TL
作者单位：William & Mary; Santa Clara University
摘要：The National Science Foundation (NSF) is the primary federal agency funding nonmedical research in the United States. However, relatively few organizational researchers consider approaching the agency, despite the funds it has available. It is easy to understand why: The agency has a reputation for preferring hard science and quantitative approaches, and there is no obvious home for organizational studies in the agency. NSF programs appear to recognize psychological and small-group research on...
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作者：Mayer, KJ; Nickerson, JA
作者单位：University of Southern California; Washington University (WUSTL)
摘要：This paper develops a theory that predicts why firms organize their knowledge workers as employees versus independent contractors and predicts the performance implications of this choice. It then empirically examines this organizational choice-which our theory predicts will be driven by contracting difficulties arising from expropriation concerns, measurement costs, and interdependence-and its implications for profitability for 190 information technology service projects. Using a two-stage swi...
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作者：Boudreau, MC; Robey, D
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; University System of Georgia; Georgia State University
摘要：Recent perspectives on organizational change have emphasized human agency, more than technology or structure, to explain empirical outcomes resulting from the use of information technologies in organizations. Yet, newer technologies such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems continue to be associated with the agenda of organizational transformation, largely because they are assumed to constrain human action. We report an interpretive case study of an ERP system after its implementation...
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作者：Romanelli, E; Khessina, OM
作者单位：Georgetown University
摘要：We explore the concept of regional industrial identity as an important missing component in our understanding of the development of metropolitan regions and the spatial arrangements of industries. While economists and sociologists have explained the location of industry clusters on the basis of unevenly distributed resources, and historians have provided rich descriptive insight into the developmental dynamics of particular metropolitan regions, little systematic theory has been advanced to ex...
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作者：Schoonhoven, CB; Meyer, AD; Walsh, JP
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Irvine; University of Oregon; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
