Showing papers in "Academy of Management Journal in 1981"
TL;DR: Individual, organizational, and contextual variables were found to be much better predictors of hospital adoption of technological innovations than of administrative innovations.
Abstract: Individual, organizational, and contextual variables were found to be much better predictors of hospital adoption of technological innovations than of administrative innovations. The two different ...
2,186 citations
TL;DR: Total effects on turnover were found to be the greatest for four determinants: intent to stay, opportunity, general training, and job satisfaction.
Abstract: Longitudinal data on 1,091 registered nurses in seven hospitals were used to estimate a causal model of turnover in organizations. Total effects on turnover were found to be the greatest for four d...
1,079 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, an investigation of alternative mechanisms by which information is imported into organizations indicates that informational boundary spanning is accomplished only by those individuals who are well-known and well-connected.
Abstract: An investigation of alternative mechanisms by which information is imported into organizations indicates that informational boundary spanning is accomplished only by those individuals who are well ...
1,058 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a multivariate predictive model of organizational commitment explained a highly significant proportion of the variation in commitment within a combined heterogeneous sample, and subsequent analyses of the model were conducted.
Abstract: A multivariate predictive model of organizational commitment explained a highly significant proportion of the variation in commitment within a combined heterogeneous sample. Subsequent analyses of ...
527 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the susceptibility to social desirability response bias of four alternative methods of measuring the importance of job and organizational characteristics is examined. Data were collected from 86 gr....
Abstract: The susceptibility to social desirability response bias of four alternative methods of measuring the importance of job and organizational characteristics is examined. Data were collected from 86 gr...
459 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the consequences of role conflict and ambiguity for job tension, job satisfaction, and propensity to leave an organization through the role conflict were investigated, and they found that ambiguity was associated with job tension and job satisfaction.
Abstract: The article presents information on a study which investigated the consequences of role conflict and ambiguity for job tension, job satisfaction, and propensity to leave an organization through the...
347 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a model of corporate performance incorporating environmental, organizational, and leadership variables, three performance dimensions (profit, profitability, and stock price) were examined for a sam...
Abstract: In a model of corporate performance incorporating environmental, organizational, and leadership variables, three performance dimensions—profit, profitability, and stock price—are examined for a sam...
336 citations
334 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, corporate-level and business-level strategies are operationalized in terms of inter-and intra-industry variation, respectively, and the inter- and intra-organization variation is used to represent both levels of strategy.
Abstract: Corporate-level strategy and business-level strategy are operationalized in terms of interindustry and intra-industry variation, respectively. Variables representing both levels of strategy are use...
270 citations
TL;DR: This article identified four major domains of organizational effectiveness in colleges and universities: academic, morale, external adaptation, and extracurricular domains, and four types of institutions are classified into four major types of organizations.
Abstract: Four major domains of organizational effectiveness in colleges and universities are identified—academic, morale, external adaptation, and extracurricular domains—and four types of institutions are ...
266 citations
TL;DR: Expectancy disconfirmation, contradictory role demands, sense of external control, loss of affiliative satisfactions, and developmental life changes are proposed as significant factors in the perso... as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Expectancy disconfirmation, contradictory role demands, sense of external control, loss of affiliative satisfactions, and developmental life changes are proposed as significant factors in the perso...
TL;DR: The authors compared both effectively and ineffectively plateaued managers with non-plateaued managers by investigating career movement histories, career attitudes central to a plateaued care worker's career, and career attitude central to non-career attitudes.
Abstract: This study compared both effectively and ineffectively plateaued managers with nonplateaued managers by investigating (1) career movement histories, (2) career attitudes central to a plateaued care...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors tested several aspects of a model of turnover with a sample of managers using a cross-validated, multiple regression design and affirmed the relative importance of intentions.
Abstract: Several aspects of a model of turnover were tested with a sample of managers using a cross-validated, multiple regression design. The relative importance of intentions was affirmed. Tenure was also...
TL;DR: In this article, an operational approach for measuring an organization's innovativeness is proposed, which draws on measurement theory to overcome problems often associated with single product and compositivity.
Abstract: An operational approach for measuring an organization's innovativeness is proposed. This procedure draws on measurement theory to overcome problems often associated with single product and composit...
TL;DR: The same strong linkage between strategy and structure found in earlier studies using samples of large companies is found within a sample of 40 manufacturing companies in electrical engineering in this article, and the same strong link between structure and strategy is found in other studies using large companies.
Abstract: The same strong linkage between strategy and structure found in earlier studies using samples of large companies is found within a sample of 40 manufacturing companies in electrical engineering in ...
TL;DR: In this article, a field study sought to determine whether the sources through which employees are recruited are related to subsequent job performance, absenteeism, and work attitudes, and found strong connections between recruitment sources and subsequent performance and attitude.
Abstract: This field study sought to determine whether the sources through which employees are recruited are related to subsequent job performance, absenteeism, and work attitudes. The study found strong sou...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented a study which investigated the number and positions of women elected to corporate boards in the United States from the period 1971 to 1980, and investigated the composit...
Abstract: The article presents a study which investigated the number and positions of women elected to corporate boards in the United States from the period 1971 to 1980. The author investigated the composit...
TL;DR: For example, this article found that absenteeism and performance indices accounted for substantial variance in bank teller voluntary turnover (resignation) and involuntary turnover (dismissal).
Abstract: Absenteeism and performance indices accounted for substantial variance in bank teller voluntary turnover (resignation) and involuntary turnover (dismissal). Predictor and criteria relationships cha...
TL;DR: In this paper, the deterrent effect of exit barriers, industry structural traits and competitive posture investments on the firm's ability to divest a failing business with ease is explored, using analyses of th...
Abstract: The deterrent effect of exit barriers, industry structural traits and competitive posture investments, on the firm's ability to divest a failing business with ease is explored, using analyses of th...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the impact of leadership substitutes on subordinate job satisfaction and organizational commitment, as suggested by Kerr (1977), replacing or "acting in the place of" a specific leader behavior.
Abstract: The study reported here examined the impact of leadership substitutes on subordinate job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Leadership substitutes, as suggested by Kerr (1977), replace or "act in the place of" a specific leader behavior. Multiple regression was used to test the validity and strength of potential substitutes. Results indicated mixed support for the substitutes construct.
TL;DR: This paper identified seven sources of stress in the work environment and examined the relationship of contextual, task, and role-related variables to such stressors, both the type and magnitude of the stressors.
Abstract: This paper identifies seven sources of stress in the work environment and examines the relationship of contextual, task, and role-related variables to such stressors. Both the type and magnitude of...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated three possible psychological processes underlying the use of realistic job previews (RJPs) to reduce turnover through lowering expectations and incurring incurring time and money.
Abstract: The study investigated three possible psychological processes underlying the use of realistic job previews (RJPs). RJPs were hypothesized to reduce turnover through (1) lowered expectations and inc...
TL;DR: This article investigated whether the manner in which conflicts are resolved in Japanese-American joint ventures in Japan influenced the level of future mutual trust and found that Japanese managers perceived a high level of trust in the resolution of conflicts.
Abstract: This study investigated whether the manner in which conflicts are resolved in Japanese-American joint ventures in Japan influences the level of future mutual trust. Japanese managers perceived a hi...
TL;DR: In this article, five criteria for evaluating candidates for promotion were investigated in a policy capturing study using manager and student samples, and six clusters of rater policies were observed which indicated t...
Abstract: Five criteria for evaluating candidates for promotion were investigated in a policy capturing study using manager and student samples. Six clusters of rater policies were observed which indicated t...
TL;DR: In this article, the interaction effects of each of three role stress variables (role conflict, ambiguity, and overload) and job design characteristics on employee satisfaction with work were examined across different...
Abstract: The interaction effects of each of three role stress variables—role conflict, ambiguity, and overload—and job design characteristics on employee satisfaction with work are examined across different...
TL;DR: For at least the last twenty years, the literature has yielded diverse positions on the transferability of modern management principles into different cultures as mentioned in this paper, and a review of the research shows that...
Abstract: For at least the last twenty years, the literature has yielded diverse positions on the transferability of modern management principles into different cultures. A review of the research shows that ...
TL;DR: A study examined the influence of task and personality characteristics on employee turnover and absenteeism incidents and found that the former influences turnover and the latter influences personality characteristics.
Abstract: The article presents a study which examined the influence of task and personality characteristics on employee turnover and absenteeism incidents. The subjects of the study were 569 employees workin...
TL;DR: For a group of civil service employees, discriminant analysis indicated that job attitude and financial variables contributed significantly to predicting the prediction of retirement status even when the effe... as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: For a group of civil service employees, discriminant analysis indicated that job attitude and financial variables contributed significantly to the prediction of retirement status even when the effe...
TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental methodology for examining conflict- handling behaviors is based on a two dimensional model that identifies five modes for managing conflict, and a study was conducted that illustrated t...
Abstract: An experimental methodology for examining conflict- handling behaviors is based on a two dimensional model that identifies five modes for managing conflict. A study was conducted that illustrated t...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the specific aspects of performance and environmental volatility that might be related to the event of executive succession, and discussed the results of a study which examined the performance of a company.
Abstract: The article discusses the results of a research which examined the specific aspects of performance and environmental volatility that might be related to the event of executive succession. The autho...