Showing papers in "Academy of Management Journal in 1980"
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the Kogan-Wallach choice dilemma questionnaire to evaluate the risk-taking propensity of entrepreneurs and found that risk taking propensity may not be a distinguishing characteristic of entrepreneurs.
Abstract: The risk taking propensities of entrepreneurs of new ventures were objectively obtained using the Kogan- Wallach choice dilemmas questionnaire and were compared to those of managers and to normative data developed for the measurement instrument. The findings suggest that risk taking propensity may not be a distinguishing characteristic of entrepreneurs. They refute assumptions based on research that has been subjective and noncomparative and that used established entrepreneurs.
1,628 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the validity of the Vertical Dyad Linkage model of leadership was tested under conditions differing substantially from those investigated in past research on the model, and over 90 percent of the un...
Abstract: The validity of the Vertical Dyad Linkage model of leadership was tested under conditions differing substantially from those investigated in past research on the model. In over 90 percent of the un...
1,090 citations
TL;DR: The change in 24 structural and strategy making variables over time is analyzed by a study of 26 companies as discussed by the authors, and organizations were found to resist reversals in the direction of change in strategy and s
Abstract: The change in 24 structural and strategy making variables over time is analyzed by a study of 26 companies. Organizations were found to resist reversals in the direction of change in strategy and s...
829 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the perceived politicization of organizational processes and their attitudes and beliefs about workplace politics are investigated and found to be related to characteristics of the people involved in these processes.
Abstract: This study investigates the perceived politicization of organizational processes and their attitudes and beliefs about workplace politics. Perceived politicization is related to characteristics of ...
580 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors postulated that perceived information overload would be associated with higher satisfaction and lower performance of decision makers than would perceived information underload, and found that perceived overload was associated with lower satisfaction and higher performance than perceived underload.
Abstract: Hypotheses were postulated that perceived information overload would be associated with higher satisfaction and lower performance of decision makers than would perceived information underload. The ...
508 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between executive tenure and selected company characteristics was examined for 84 U.S. corporations, and performance measures were related to the tenure of the ch....
Abstract: The relationship between executive tenure and selected company characteristics was examined for 84 U.S. corporations. Among other findings, performance measures were related to the tenure of the ch...
365 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, three correlational studies examined relationships among architectural privacy, psychological privacy, job satisfaction, and job performance, and found that architectural privacy was correlated with job satisfaction and performance.
Abstract: Three correlational studies examined relationships among architectural privacy, psychological privacy, job satisfaction, and job performance. Results of all three studies showed architectural priva...
342 citations
TL;DR: The importance of an externally powerful board of directors to the effectiveness (ability to attract scarce resources) of 46 human service agencies operating within the same community is examined.
Abstract: This study examines the importance of an externally powerful board of directors to the effectiveness (ability to attract scarce resources) of 46 human service agencies operating within the same community. Traditional assumptions regarding the importance of a powerful board were supported when effectiveness was operationalized using static measures of funding but were not supported when dynamic measures were used.
337 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the effect of organizational structures and processes on the reported proposals of innovation by middle and lower echelon officials in 44 Belgian bureaucracies and found that organizational structure and processes had a significant impact on innovation proposals.
Abstract: This paper examines the effect of organizational structures and processes on the reported proposals of innovation by middle and lower echelon officials in 44 Belgian bureaucracies. Technical and ad...
275 citations
TL;DR: A two-stage survey of 199 corporations in 15 industrial classifications found that firms tend to adopt more complete formal long-range planning processes as the complexity and instability of the planning process increased.
Abstract: A two-stage survey of 199 corporations in 15 industrial classifications found that firms tend to adopt more complete formal long-range planning processes as the complexity and instability of the bu...
259 citations
TL;DR: In a study of the effects of strategic planning as mentioned in this paper, statistical tests did not indicate significant differences between the returns earned by shareholders of planning firms and non-planning firms, and there were no significant differences in the performance between the two types of firms.
Abstract: In a study of the effects of strategic planning, statistical tests did not indicate significant differences between the returns earned by shareholders of planning firms and nonplanning firms. There...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship of actual similarity and perceptual congruence with job satisfaction and performance evaluation in 194 manager-subordinate dyads and found that actual similarity was positively associated with performance evaluation.
Abstract: This field study examined the relationship of both actual similarity and perceptual congruence with job satisfaction and performance evaluation in 194 manager-subordinate dyads. Among other finding...
TL;DR: A study of the relationship of productivity and efficiency to the organization's structure, size, and age (or "time") indicated that a highly centralized authority structure is the most powerful direct determinant of productivityand efficiency.
Abstract: A study of the relationship of productivity and efficiency to the organization's structure, size, and age (or “time”) indicated that a highly centralized authority structure is the most powerful di...
TL;DR: The authors assesses the apparent effects on job attitudes and organizational performance of recent conversions to employee ownership at three firms and find that favorable effects were most evident at the firm with the largest turnover.
Abstract: This paper assesses the apparent effects on job attitudes and organizational performance of recent conversions to employee ownership at three firms Favorable effects were most evident at the firm
TL;DR: In this article, data from 48 large United Kingdom companies were analyzed to test 22 hypotheses relating to the linkages of strategy, structure, the environment, and financial performance, among others.
Abstract: Data from 48 large United Kingdom companies are analyzed to test 22 hypotheses relating to the linkages of strategy, structure, the environment, and financial performance. Among other results, the ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined whether or not industry type is an important variable in the type of uncertainty felt by executi corses in the environment and concluded that it is not a significant variable.
Abstract: The article discusses the relationship between organizations and the environment. The study examines whether or not industry type is an important variable in the type of uncertainty felt by executi...
TL;DR: Workers' and managers' perception of their roles as employee owners, financial partners, and joint decision makers were examined in a furniture factory purchased by its employees through a corporat...
Abstract: Workers' and managers' perception of their roles as employee owners, financial partners, and joint decision makers were examined in a furniture factory purchased by its employees through a corporat...
TL;DR: This paper examined the extent to which variations in the perceptions of job characteristics may be associated, not with objective task characteristics, but with perceptual biases refl ecting the perception of the task characteristics.
Abstract: The study reported here examines the extent to which variations in the perceptions of job characteristics may be associated, not with objective task characteristics, but with perceptual biases refl...
TL;DR: In a critical replication and extension of the Astoi and National studies on the dimensions of organizational structure, a strong linkage was suggested between decentralization of operations, (but... ) as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In a critical replication and extension of the Astoi and National studies on the dimensions of organizational structure, a strong linkage was suggested between decentralization of operations, (but ...
TL;DR: This paper examined strategies that business lobbyists, consumer groups, unions, and federal agencies employ to shape federal legislation and found that the three major sectors adopt different strategy sets and these strategy sets have varying impacts on the legislative process.
Abstract: This study examines strategies that business lobbyists, consumer groups, unions, and federal agencies employ to shape federal legislation. Interviews with U. S. senators and congressmen preceded a questionnaire survey of 435 chief legislative policymakers. Results reveal that the three major sectors adopt different strategy sets and these strategy sets have varying impacts on the legislative process.
TL;DR: In this paper, a model was developed to illustrate the role and expectancy perceptions in explaining how participants participate in decision making, based on some suggestions in the literature, and the model was used to illustrate how people participate in making decisions.
Abstract: Based on some suggestions in the literature, a model was developed to illustrate the “how” of participation in decision making. The model depicts role and expectancy perceptions in explaining how p...
TL;DR: In this paper, resumes of fictitious applicants for entry-level professional positions were sent to 458 potential employers, and responses were analyzed using a three-group experimental design, which allowed control of the control variables.
Abstract: Resumes of fictitious applicants for entry-level professional positions were mailed to 458 potential employers, and the responses were analyzed. A three-group experimental design permitted control ...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relative influence of personal factors and work experiences of employees on employee turnover and absenteeism, according to the results of the study, and found that personal factors were significantly correlated with absenteeism.
Abstract: The article presents a study which examined the relative influence of personal factors and work experiences of employees on employee turnover and absenteeism. According to the results of the study,...
TL;DR: In this article, a model predicting relationships among individual, task design, and leader behavior variables was examined for 171 employees of a large manufacturing firm, and the results revealed significa...
Abstract: A model predicting relationships among individual, task design, and leader behavior variables was examined for 171 employees of a large manufacturing firm. Correlational analyses revealed significa...
TL;DR: Turnover of university department heads was found to be an interactive functi... as mentioned in this paper, and a test was made of the Thompson-Zald hypothesis that succession of leadership is a response to organizational problems.
Abstract: A test was made of the Thompson-Zald hypothesis that succession of leadership is a response to organizational problems. Turnover of university department heads was found to be an interactive functi...
TL;DR: Two theoretical extensions to the Hackman and Oldham (1976) job characteristics model of work motivation describe the relationship between job scope and psychological response as curvilinear,... as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Two theoretical extensions to the Hackman and Oldham (1976) job characteristics model of work motivation describe: (1) the relationship between job scope and psychological response as curvilinear, ...
TL;DR: This article revisited an earlier study pertaining to the function and meaning of work and found that the original study asserted that the function of work as a purely an econo-co...
Abstract: The article presents the results of a study that revisits an earlier study pertaining to the function and meaning of work. The original study asserted that the function of work as a purely an econo...
TL;DR: In a longitudinal study on 24 school districts, the analysis of data over a 10-year period indicates that the relationship between size and the administrative component observed in cross-section... as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: In a longitudinal study on 24 school districts the analysis of data over a 10-year-period indicates that (1) the relationship between size and the administrative component observed in cross-section...
TL;DR: This paper presented a replication of a study that investigated the relationships between attitudes towards women as managers, examining a number of attributions for the success and failure of women in the workplace.
Abstract: The article presents a replication of a study that investigated the relationships between attitudes towards women as managers. The study examines a number of attributions for the success and failur...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine power sources in terms of power bases, including reward, expertise, legitimate authority and coerce power among work unit peers in organizations, and discuss sources of power among colleagues in organizations.
Abstract: The article discusses sources of power among work unit peers in organizations. The study examines power sources in terms of power bases, including reward, expertise, legitimate authority and coerci...