Journal: Organization Science

Found 550 papers in total
A Cultural Quest: A Study of Organizational Use of New Cultural Resources in Strategy Formation
A Cultural Quest: A Study of Organizational Use of New Cultural Resources in Strategy Formation
2011,
Our study was motivated by the growing influence in cultural sociology and...
Creating Economic Value Through Social Values: Introducing a Culturally Informed Resource‐Based View
Creating Economic Value Through Social Values: Introducing a Culturally Informed Resource‐Based View
2011,
The resource‐based view (RBV) has historically privileged the firm's internal...
Legitimating Nascent Collective Identities: Coordinating Cultural Entrepreneurship
Legitimating Nascent Collective Identities: Coordinating Cultural Entrepreneurship
2011,
The concept of collective identity has gained prominence within organizational theory...
The Limits of Media Effects: Field Positions and Cultural Change in a Mutual Fund Market
The Limits of Media Effects: Field Positions and Cultural Change in a Mutual Fund Market
2011,
Our paper examines how field structures moderate the effect of the business press on...
Hot Lights and Cold Steel: Cultural and Political Toolkits for Practice Change in Surgery
Hot Lights and Cold Steel: Cultural and Political Toolkits for Practice Change in Surgery
2011,
One of the great paradoxes of organizational culture is that even when less powerful...
Organizational Aesthetics: Caught Between Identity Regulation and Culture Jamming
Organizational Aesthetics: Caught Between Identity Regulation and Culture Jamming
2011,
Applying insights from Lefebvre's spatial theory [1991] to an analysis of Israel's...
Liminality as Cultural Process for Cultural Change
Liminality as Cultural Process for Cultural Change
2011,
This paper offers a revised understanding of intentional cultural change. In contrast...
Teaching‐Learning Ecologies: Mapping the Environment to Structure Through Action
Teaching‐Learning Ecologies: Mapping the Environment to Structure Through Action
2011,
Although organizational theorists have long argued that environments shape...
Where Do Creative Interactions Come From? The Role of Tie Content and Social Networks
Where Do Creative Interactions Come From? The Role of Tie Content and Social Networks
2011,
Understanding the determinants of creativity at the individual and organizational...
Managing Organizational Change: Negotiating Meaning and Power‐Resistance Relations
Managing Organizational Change: Negotiating Meaning and Power‐Resistance Relations
2011,
Theoretical developments in the analysis of organizations have recently turned to an...
Getting a Bonus: Social Networks, Performance, and Reward Among Commercial Bankers
Getting a Bonus: Social Networks, Performance, and Reward Among Commercial Bankers
2011,
Research on the effects of social networks on individual status attainment has...
Bridging Institutional Entrepreneurship and the Creation of New Organizational Forms: A Multilevel Model
Bridging Institutional Entrepreneurship and the Creation of New Organizational Forms: A Multilevel Model
2011,
The question of how new organizational forms are created remains an unsolved problem...
Microfoundations of Internal and External Absorptive Capacity Routines
Microfoundations of Internal and External Absorptive Capacity Routines
2011,
The 20 years following the introduction of the seminal construct of absorptive...
Investing in Capabilities: The Dynamics of Resource Allocation
Investing in Capabilities: The Dynamics of Resource Allocation
2011,
In this research, we examine the dynamic capability of resource allocation to invest...
Dynamic Managerial Capabilities and the Multibusiness Team: The Role of Episodic Teams in Executive Leadership Groups
Dynamic Managerial Capabilities and the Multibusiness Team: The Role of Episodic Teams in Executive Leadership Groups
2011,
This grounded theory‐building multiple‐case study examines the executive...
Firm Size and Industry Structure Under Human Capital Intensity: Insights from the Evolution of the Global Advertising Industry
Firm Size and Industry Structure Under Human Capital Intensity: Insights from the Evolution of the Global Advertising Industry
2011,
Although existing literature assumes that the human capital intensity of professional...
The Effect of Strategic Alliance Knowledge Complementarity on New Product Innovativeness in China
The Effect of Strategic Alliance Knowledge Complementarity on New Product Innovativeness in China
2011,
In emerging economies, firms use strategic alliances to access and learn from...
Collective Learning in Global Diffusion: Spreading Quality Standards in a Developing Country Cluster
Collective Learning in Global Diffusion: Spreading Quality Standards in a Developing Country Cluster
2011,
This research analyzes how foreign organizational practices diffuse among indigenous...
Taking Sides: The Interactive Influences of Institutional Mechanisms on the Adoption of Same‐Sex Partner Health Benefits by Fortune 500 Corporations, 1990–2003
Taking Sides: The Interactive Influences of Institutional Mechanisms on the Adoption of Same‐Sex Partner Health Benefits by Fortune 500 Corporations, 1990–2003
2011,
We draw upon institutional theory to investigate the interactive influences of...
Reactions to Territorial Infringement
Reactions to Territorial Infringement
2011,
Territoriality represents a new area of research in organizations. In this study, we...
Escalating Indecision: Between Reification and Strategic Ambiguity
Escalating Indecision: Between Reification and Strategic Ambiguity
2011,
This paper examines an organizational pathology that we label ‘escalating...
Suboptimal Assessment of Interunit Task Interdependence: Modes of Integration and Information Processing for Coordination Performance
Suboptimal Assessment of Interunit Task Interdependence: Modes of Integration and Information Processing for Coordination Performance
2011,
This investigation extends previous research on cross‐functional integration....
How Do New Ventures Evolve? An Inductive Study of Archetype Changes in Science‐Based Ventures
How Do New Ventures Evolve? An Inductive Study of Archetype Changes in Science‐Based Ventures
2010,
This paper presents a process study on the evolution of new ventures. We adopt the...
Relationship Duration and Returns to Brokerage in the Staffing Sector
Relationship Duration and Returns to Brokerage in the Staffing Sector
2010,
We examine how long‐term relationships affect brokers' returns, using...
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