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Agency theory is an important, yet controversial, theory. This paper reviews agency theory, its contributions to organization theory, and the extant empirical work and develops testable propositions. The conclusions are ...

Materias / palabras clave: Organizational behavior; Organizational effectiveness; Organizational change; Psychology; Management; Organizational culture; Knowledge management; Process management; Sociology; Business; Public relations; Social psycho...

Describes the process of building theories from case studies and examines the strengths and weaknesses of this process. The case study research strategy is one in which the goal is to understand the dynamics present with...

Values and Culture Data Collection, Treatment and Validation Power Distance Uncertainty Avoidance Individualism and Collectivism Masculinity and Femininity Long versus Short-Term Orientation Cultures in Organizations Int...

Materias / palabras clave: Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory; Masculinity; Uncertainty avoidance; Dimension (graph theory); Individualism; Human sexuality; Social psychology; Sociology; Identity (music); Psychology; Power (physics); Cultural v...

The article reviews the book Leadership and Performance Beyond Expectations, by Bernard M. Bass.

Materias / palabras clave: Legitimacy; Strategic planning; Institutional theory; Business; Political science; Management; Public relations; Sociology; Public administration; Process management; Economics; Marketing

The article discusses trust theory, multidisciplinary research, and trust between organizations. The analysis of trust is based on four questions: whether scholars can agree on the meaning of trust; if researchers are vi...

The article presents a review of the book “Organizational Culture and Leadership,” by Edgar H. Schein.

Materias / palabras clave: Organizational behavior; Organizational culture; Business; Psychology; Management; Social psychology; Economics

The Nature of Sensemaking Seven Properties of Sensemaking Sensemaking in Organizations Occasions for Sensemaking The Substance of Sensemaking Belief-Driven Processes of Sensemaking Action-Driven Processes of Sensemaking ...

Scholars of the theory of the firm have begun to emphasize the sources and conditions of what has been described as “the organizational advantage,” rather than focus on the causes and consequences of market failure. ...

Examines how external constraints affect organizations and how to design and manage organizations under such constraints. Taking a resource dependence perspective on organizations, the book discusses basic components of ...

To date, the phenomenon of entrepreneurship has lacked a conceptual framework. In this note we draw upon previous research conducted in the different social science disciplines and applied fields of business to create a ...

In this article we offer a view that suggests that a firm's critical resources may span firm boundaries and may be embedded in interfirm resources and routines. We argue that an increasingly important unit of analysis fo...

?The stakeholder theory has been advanced and justified in the management literature on the basis of its descriptive accuracy, instrumental power, and normative validity. These three aspects of the theory, although inter...

Ronald K. Mitchell, Bradley R. Agle, Donna J. Wood, Toward a Theory of Stakeholder Identification and Salience: Defining the Principle of Who and What Really Counts, The Academy of Management Review, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct....

This analysis considers the impact of the top managers in an organization on the organization's outcomes, specifically strategic choices and performance levels. The focus is not on the chief executive alone, but rather o...