| Autor: |
Titus, Varkey, O'Brien, Jonathan, Parker, Owen Nelson |
| Zdroj: |
Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings; 2020, Vol. 2020 Issue 1, p1-1, 1p |
| Abstrakt: |
Extensive research drawing from the Behavioral Theory of the Firm indicates that performance below an aspirational threshold tends to produce a search response in the form of risky activity meant to rectify the problem of underperformance. However, the cognitions occurring between the underperformance stimulus and the ultimate search response largely remain a "black box" about which we know very little. We explore this black box by drawing on attribution theory and regulatory focus theory to examine how managers perceive and make sense of underperformance. We build on this by integrating problem classification logic and suggest that perceptions of stability and control act as moderators to the focal relationships. We test our theory on a sample of 539 firms in the information and communication technology industry, and results largely corroborate our theorizing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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