Showing papers in "Academy of Management Journal in 2021"
TL;DR: In this paper, an increasing body of cultural entrepreneurship research has highlighted an "optimal distinctiveness" trade-off: new ventures gain legitimacy and attract critical resources, while maintaining their distinctiveness.
Abstract: How do new ventures gain legitimacy and attract critical resources? An increasing body of cultural entrepreneurship research has highlighted an “optimal distinctiveness” trade-off: new ventures nee...
94 citations
TL;DR: The authors argued that voice and silence are opposites or distinct constructs and this ambiguity has prevented meaningful theoretical advancements about employees' voice and silent at work. But they did not discuss the relationship between the two constructs.
Abstract: Scholars continue to debate whether voice and silence are opposites or distinct constructs. This ambiguity has prevented meaningful theoretical advancements about employees’ voice and silence at wo...
85 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors develop and test a theory of how unintended audiences create reaction costs for firms that use corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a signal, and define reaction costs as costs.
Abstract: We develop and test a theory of how unintended audiences create reaction costs for firms that use corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a signal. We introduce and define reaction costs as costs ...
71 citations
TL;DR: This article found that small talk comprises one-third of adults' speech and is normative and ubiquitous in organizations, but it is not core to task completion, and therefore it is often overlooked.
Abstract: Small talk—short, superficial, or trivial communication not core to task completion—is normative and ubiquitous in organizations. Although small talk comprises one-third of adults’ speech, its effe...
52 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a novel theoretical account of why and when top management team (TMT) gender diversity lends strategic advantage is presented, based on social role theory, and a moderated-mediation approach is developed.
Abstract: This paper offers a novel theoretical account of why and when top management team (TMT) gender diversity lends strategic advantage. Building on social role theory, we develop a moderated-mediation ...
44 citations
TL;DR: The authors studied how social movements strategically use collective action frames to confront targets and mobilize supporters or on how targets respond to so-called collective action frame-based social movements and their responses.
Abstract: Social movement scholars have typically focused either on how social movements strategically use collective action frames to confront targets and mobilize supporters or on how targets respond to so...
38 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a microgrammable microphone to measure the independence of a board of directors and found mixed support for the view that outside directors' independence or leadership by an independent chair improves monitoring.
Abstract: Research into boards of directors has provided mixed support for the view that outside directors’ independence or leadership by an independent chair improves monitoring. In this study, we use a mic...
35 citations
TL;DR: The innovation journey of new product development processes often spans weeks or months, but recently hackathons have turned the journey into an ad hoc sprint of only a couple of days using new tools and techniques.
Abstract: The innovation journey of new product development processes often spans weeks or months. Recently, though, hackathons have turned the journey into an ad hoc sprint of only a couple of days using ne...
35 citations
TL;DR: The behavioral agency model (BAM) as discussed by the authors posits that executives endow current wealth, but do not endow prospective wealth, and as a result, executives are risk averse with current wea...
Abstract: The behavioral agency model (BAM) posits that executives endow current wealth, but do not endow prospective wealth. As a result of this endowment effect, executives are risk averse with current wea...
33 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors adopt a dynamic perspective on networks and creativity to propose that the oft-theorized creative benefits of open networks and heterogeneous content are less likely to be realized.
Abstract: In this paper, we adopt a dynamic perspective on networks and creativity to propose that the oft-theorized creative benefits of open networks and heterogeneous content are less likely to be...
33 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors contribute to the resource dependence theory and corporate political activity literatures by distinguishing dependence from uncertainty and explaining how two different types of uncerta-tional uncertainty can be distinguished.
Abstract: This paper contributes to the resource dependence theory and corporate political activity literatures by distinguishing dependence from uncertainty and explaining how two different types of uncerta...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose that delaying task progress may have hidden benefits for creativity, drawing on theories of incubation, and propose that moderate delay may moderate the process of creativity.
Abstract: Although it is widely assumed that procrastination is counterproductive, delaying task progress may have hidden benefits for creativity. Drawing on theories of incubation, we propose that moderate ...
TL;DR: In this article, paradoxical leadership is used to manage team and individual innovation in the context of work teams, and the paradox perspective and ambidexterity of the paradox is integrated.
Abstract: In light of ever-increasing demands for innovation in work teams, we recommend paradoxical leadership to manage team and individual innovation. Integrating the paradox perspective and ambidexterity...
TL;DR: In this paper, side-hustles, income-generating work performed alongside full-time jobs, are increasingly common as the gig economy provides opportunities for employees to perform supplementary work.
Abstract: Side-hustles, income-generating work performed alongside full-time jobs, are increasingly common as the gig economy provides opportunities for employees to perform supplementary work. Although scho...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors advance resource dependence theory by answering calls for theorizing on both how being dependent on external entities for resources affects firms and the heterogeneous nature of such depen...
Abstract: We advance resource dependence theory (RDT) by answering calls for theorizing on both how being dependent on external entities for resources affects firms and the heterogeneous nature of such depen...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that despite the extreme constraints of working in stigmatized domains, entrepreneurs work not only in socially accepted and valued domains but also in highly contested, stigmatized industries.
Abstract: Entrepreneurs work not only in socially accepted and valued domains but also in highly contested, stigmatized industries. Despite the extreme constraints of working in stigmatized domains, entrepre...
TL;DR: In spite of an increasing interest in ambiguity, our knowledge of how organizations maintain strategic ambiguity to protect themselves from public scrutiny is still in its infancy as discussed by the authors, through an in-de...
Abstract: In spite of an increasing interest in ambiguity, our knowledge of how organizations maintain strategic ambiguity to protect themselves from public scrutiny is still in its infancy. Through an in-de...
TL;DR: This paper examined whether matching levels of racial diversity in upper management and lower management (i.e., racial diversity congruence) impact firm productivity in a sample of high-tech firms.
Abstract: We examine whether matching levels of racial diversity in upper management and lower management (i.e., racial diversity congruence) impact firm productivity. In a sample of high-tech firms, we foun...
TL;DR: This article explored how audiences process signal sets and the incongruence across the signals within, while prior studies have assumed homogenous compositi... and found that audiences process the signal sets in a homogeneous manner.
Abstract: Research in signaling theory has recently begun to explore how audiences process signal sets and the incongruence across the signals within. However, prior studies have assumed homogenous compositi...
TL;DR: In this article, female entrepreneurs have been found to face disadvantages when compared with male entrepreneurs, especially in acquiring the financial resources needed to sustain and grow their ventures, especially when compared to male entrepreneurs.
Abstract: Female entrepreneurs have been found to face disadvantages when compared with male entrepreneurs, especially in acquiring the financial resources needed to sustain and grow their ventures. Across t...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors develop and test a model to explain how secrecy in pay communication may affect employee turnover-related outcomes. But the model is limited to a single group of employees.
Abstract: Building on uncertainty management theory, we develop and test a model explicating how and when secrecy in pay communication may affect employee turnover-related outcomes (i.e., employee turnover i...
TL;DR: The authors integrate political psychology and upper echelons research to introduce an alternative conceptualization of executive political ideology by separating the two distinct ideologies: social and economic, and integrate them into a single conceptualization.
Abstract: We integrate political psychology and upper echelons research to introduce an alternative conceptualization of executive political ideology by separating the two distinct ideologies: social...
TL;DR: An extensive body of literature has demonstrated the incentive effect by which pay for performance (PFP) motivates employees' in-role task performance as mentioned in this paper. But, scholars have also posited that...
Abstract: An extensive body of literature has demonstrated the incentive effect by which pay for performance (PFP) motivates employees’ in-role task performance. Nonetheless, scholars have also posited that ...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider compassion as an agentic action by which employees cope with burnout, a multidimensional state of depletion likely to persist without intervention, and consider it as a form of self-care.
Abstract: The average employee feels burnt out, a multidimensional state of depletion likely to persists without intervention. In this paper, we consider compassion as an agentic action by which employees ma...
TL;DR: The authors investigated the ways in which the photograph of Alan Kurdi lying dead on a beach in Turkey radically transformed the framing of the European migration crisis by UK newspapers and showed how macro-frames are more malleable than often perceived, developing the concept of an emotional array that is central to understanding how frame composition changes over time.
Abstract: The macro-framing literature presents something of a theoretical conundrum. While an inherently dynamic concept, most work has treated frames as static. In addition to leaving our theories of framing underspecified, this also has implications for how we go about understanding and resolving our major societal problems, including flows of displaced people, the setting for this paper. We also lack insight into the ways in which media organizations, some of the most important arbiters of understanding in our society, shape the framing process. We address these points by investigating the ways in which the photograph of Alan Kurdi lying dead on a beach in Turkey radically transformed the framing of the European migration crisis by UK newspapers. In so doing, we develop theory about two important aspects of framing change. First, in showing how macro-frames are more malleable than often perceived, we develop the concept of an emotional array that we show is central to understanding how frame composition changes over time. Second, we expose the distinct mechanisms by which framing change takes place in media organizations characterized by different ideologies.
TL;DR: This article argued that "Religion is a preeminent social institution that meaningfully shapes cultures" and "differences across world rifts across cultures can be explained by differences across world religions".
Abstract: Religion is a preeminent social institution that meaningfully shapes cultures. Prevailing theory suggests that it is primarily a benevolent force in business, and differences across world r...
TL;DR: Li et al. as mentioned in this paper developed and test theory regarding how voice e ciency affects the quality of voice transmission and proposed a method to test how voice quality is affected by the tone of a speaker's voice.
Abstract: Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Alex Ning Li, Neeley School of Business, Texas Christian University (ning.li@tcu.edu). We develop and test theory regarding how voice e...
TL;DR: The authors examined domestic pharmaceutical firms in China during the 1990s and found that introducing new products was associated with lower average firm profitability but higher variance, and these relationships were stronger in areas where the rate of institutional change was higher and for product types that take longer to develop.
Abstract: Common wisdom suggests that high-risk strategies will be associated with high expected returns, and vice versa. Focusing on the effect of new-product development on firm performance, in this paper we argue that this relationship may reverse in a market undergoing substantial institutional transition. We examine domestic pharmaceutical firms in China during the 1990s and find that, in this context, introducing new products was associated with lower average firm profitability but higher variance. In conformity with our predictions, these relationships were stronger in areas where the rate of institutional change was higher and for product types that take longer to develop. Thus, we explain why, for particular strategic actions, high risk may be associated with low returns. A key conceptual corollary of these findings—also for strategic management research in general—is that firms may sometimes be more focused on the potential upside of their actions than on the expected value of those actions.
TL;DR: In this article, team members' vicarious learning from other members' knowledge and experience is described as a critical component of learning and performance in interdependent team work contexts, yet, our understanding of vic...
Abstract: Team members’ vicarious learning from other members’ knowledge and experience is a critical component of learning and performance in interdependent team work contexts. Yet, our understanding of vic...
TL;DR: The authors examine how actors react to status inconsistencies across multiple status hierarchies and argue that pluralistic value systems create multiple status conferral mechanisms, and that hierarchies' status inconsistencies can be explained by a hierarchy's hierarchy-conquerral mechanisms.
Abstract: We examine how actors react to status inconsistencies across multiple status hierarchies. We argue that pluralistic value systems create multiple status conferral mechanisms, and that hierarchies’ ...