Showing papers in "Organization Science in 2021"
TL;DR: The recent emergence of blockchains may be considered a critical turning point in organizing collaborations and the historical background and the fundamental features of block chains and pre-blockchains are outlined.
Abstract: The recent emergence of blockchains may be considered a critical turning point in organizing collaborations. We outline the historical background and the fundamental features of blockchains and pre...
144 citations
TL;DR: When actors deem technological change undesirable, they may act symbolically by pretending to comply while avoiding real change, and in this study of the introduction of an algorithmic technology in a SOTA system, this strategy is used.
Abstract: When actors deem technological change undesirable, they may act symbolically by pretending to comply while avoiding real change. In our study of the introduction of an algorithmic technology in a s...
41 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluate the attractiveness of startup employment using both what startups pay and the implications of these jobs for earnings trajectories, using Danish registry data, and find that the payoff of a startup worker is positively correlated with the earnings of the entire workforce.
Abstract: Evaluating the attractiveness of startup employment requires an understanding of both what startups pay and the implications of these jobs for earnings trajectories. Analyzing Danish registry data,...
39 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss situations in which dramatic shifts in the environment require the time-sensitive re-establi cation of time sensitive re-stabilization.
Abstract: An important and underexamined topic in the growing literature on community-embedded organizing concerns situations in which dramatic shifts in the environment require the time-sensitive re-establi...
33 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discussed contracts and relational governance as the key mechanisms that help alliance partners address problems of cooperation and coordination, but when an alliance partner is involved in a conflict, it is not discussed.
Abstract: Existing academic literature has discussed contracts and relational governance as the key mechanisms that help alliance partners address problems of cooperation and coordination. However, when an a...
33 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the implications of daily commute for work-related outcomes across the globe and found that every workday people commute an average of 38 minutes each way.
Abstract: Across the globe, every workday people commute an average of 38 minutes each way, yet surprisingly little research has examined the implications of this daily routine for work-related outcomes. Int...
31 citations
TL;DR: Across many fields of social science, machine learning algorithms are rapidly advancing research as tools to support traditional hypothesis testing research through data reduction and a...
Abstract: Across many fields of social science, machine learning (ML) algorithms are rapidly advancing research as tools to support traditional hypothesis testing research (e.g., through data reduction and a...
29 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze the relationship between the actions and interactions of secondary stakeholders with an interest in corporate social performance (CSP) and variation in firm-level CSP across countries.
Abstract: We analyze the relationship between the actions and interactions of secondary stakeholders with an interest in corporate social performance (CSP) and variation in firm-level CSP across countries. O...
29 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, where valuable contributions originate from in online innovation communities is investigated, and one view, consistent with a community of practice perspective, is that ''one view is that...
Abstract: Where do valuable contributions originate from in online innovation communities? Prior research provides conflicting answers. One view, consistent with a community of practice perspective, is that ...
26 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors study how becoming an entrepreneur affects academic scientists' research and propose that entrepreneurship will shift scientists' attention away from intradisciplinary research questions and towing...
Abstract: We study how becoming an entrepreneur affects academic scientists’ research. We propose that entrepreneurship will shift scientists’ attention away from intradisciplinary research questions and tow...
24 citations
TL;DR: This work explores how the two interpretive approaches in March’s work play out across three modes of responses to ambiguity, and considers whether participants may embrace ambiguity either to enhance learning or simply to enrich individuals’ interpretation of their experiences.
Abstract: In the Carnegie School tradition of experiential learning, learning processes are driven by the encoding of performance outcomes as a success or failure relative to a goal. We expand this line of i...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate one risk that social movement organizations use collaborative tactics to engage firms, and investigate the implications of this risk on the effectiveness of the collaborative tactics they use.
Abstract: Social movement organizations (SMOs) are increasingly using collaborative tactics to engage firms. Implications of this are not well understood by researchers. This study investigates one risk that...
TL;DR: In this article, the antecedents of business model design by integrating institutional and imitation theories are explored to explore how the business model of new ventures evolves in a weak institutional environment.
Abstract: We advance research on the antecedents of business model design by integrating institutional and imitation theories to explore how the business model of new ventures evolves in a weak institutional...
TL;DR: This paper presents a meta-modelling framework that automates the very labor-intensive and therefore time-heavy and expensive process of integrating regulatory and normative changes into a system’s existing normative and cognitive elements.
Abstract: How do we reconcile misalignments between a system’s existing normative and cognitive elements and novel regulatory change? Prior work either largely focuses only on regulatory change or analyzes n...
TL;DR: This paper developed a new understanding about how client managers (those using platform labor markets to hire and manage workers)attempt to maintain control when managing skilled contractors, and they used this understanding to develop an understanding of client managers' behavior.
Abstract: This paper develops a new understanding about how “client managers”—those using platform labor markets to hire and manage workers—attempt to maintain control when managing skilled contractors. We c...
TL;DR: How organization designs evolve between adaptation to changing conditions and the pressures toward persistence of the designs adopted at founding remains an understudied phenomenon.
Abstract: How organization designs evolve between adaptation to changing conditions and the pressures toward persistence of the designs adopted at founding remains an understudied phenomenon. To fill this la...
TL;DR: The authors reviewed 14 articles published in Organization Science over the past 25 years examining large-scale collaborations (LSCs) tasked with knowledge dissemination and innovation, and concluded that LSCs are essential for knowledge diffusion and innovation.
Abstract: In this special issue, we review 14 articles published in Organization Science over the past 25 years examining large-scale collaborations (LSCs) tasked with knowledge dissemination and innovation....
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze how dispositional optimism affects the performance of entrepreneurs and find that such optimism hampers performance and hinders the success of a business. But they also find that entrepreneurs are typically overly optimistic about their ventures' prospects.
Abstract: Extant research shows that entrepreneurs are typically overly optimistic about their ventures’ prospects and that such optimism hampers performance. We analyze how dispositional optimism affects th...
TL;DR: This work examines how groups fall prey to the sequence effect when they make choices based on informed assessments of complex situations, for example, when evaluating research and development (R&D) projec...
Abstract: We examine how groups fall prey to the sequence effect when they make choices based on informed assessments of complex situations, for example, when evaluating research and development (R&D) projec...
TL;DR: While there is a growing literature on moral markets that aim to create social value through market exchange, much of it has focused on how producer activism is able to legitimate new, institutiona... as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: While there is a growing literature on moral markets that aim to create social value through market exchange, much of it has focused on how producer activism is able to legitimate new, institutiona...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on how an emerging technology can alter social structures in the workplace, reconfigure roles and relationships, and disrupt status hierarchies, but less attention has been given to how an emergent technology can be used in the context of the workplace.
Abstract: Technologies are known to alter social structures in the workplace, reconfigure roles and relationships, and disrupt status hierarchies. However, less attention has been given to how an emerging te...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a 31-month ethnographic study of the implementation of a learning-based learning system for knowledge brokers to translate opaque algorithmic predictions into opaque predictions.
Abstract: This paper presents research on how knowledge brokers attempt to translate opaque algorithmic predictions. The research is based on a 31-month ethnographic study of the implementation of a learning...
TL;DR: Research shows that reference group selection underpins critical organizational processes, but less is known about publicly disclosed choices of reference groups, such as those for the evaluation of strategic decision-making processes.
Abstract: Research shows that reference group selection underpins critical organizational processes, but less is known about publicly disclosed choices of reference groups, such as those for the evaluation o...
TL;DR: Although it is well established that vertical integration decisions have important consequences for firms, direct evidence on how vertical integration matters to firm innovation has been scarce as discussed by the authors, although it is known that the vertical integration decision has important consequences.
Abstract: Although it is well established that vertical integration decisions have important consequences for firms, direct evidence on how vertical integration matters to firm innovation has been scarce. Th...
TL;DR: This paper introduces the construct of temporal brokerage, which is defined as being in a position within a team’s temporal structure tacked on to a discrete-time model.
Abstract: Members of global teams are often dispersed across time zones. This paper introduces the construct of temporal brokerage, which we define as being in a position within a team’s temporal structure that bridges subgroups that have little or no temporal overlap with each other. Although temporal brokerage is not a formal role, we argue that occupying such a position makes an individual more likely to take on more coordination work than other members on the team. We suggest that, while engaging in such coordination work has advantages in the form of enhanced integrative complexity, it also comes with costs in the form of a greater workload relative to other members. We further argue that the increased integrative complexity and workload that result from occupying a position of temporal brokerage have implications that go beyond the boundaries of the focal team, spilling over into other projects the individual is engaged in. Specifically, we predict that being in positions of temporal brokerage on global teams decreases the quantity but increases the quality of an individual’s total productive output. We find support for these predictions across two studies comprising 4,553 individuals participating in global student project teams and 123,586 individuals participating in global academic research teams, respectively. The framework and findings presented in this paper contribute to theories of global teamwork, pivotal roles and leadership emergence in global teams, and social network theory.
TL;DR: Self-selection-based division of labor has gained visibility through its role in varied organizational contexts such as non-hierarchical firms, agile teams, and project-based organizations as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Self-selection–based division of labor has gained visibility through its role in varied organizational contexts such as nonhierarchical firms, agile teams, and project-based organizations. Yet, we ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a new mechanism explaining why companies may remain silent about their positive corporate behaviors, such as socially responsible activities, and examine such strategic silence in the con...
Abstract: We propose a new mechanism explaining why companies may remain silent about their positive corporate behaviors, such as socially responsible activities. We examine such strategic silence in the con...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss how entrepreneurial ventures gain initial access to resources and how they mobilize resources from external resource holders, but they do not yet fully understand how these resources are allocated.
Abstract: One of entrepreneurs’ key tasks is mobilizing resources from external resource holders. Although we know how entrepreneurial ventures gain initial access to resources, we do not yet fully understan...
TL;DR: This article explored heterogeneity in the efficacy of stretch goals for engaging employees in innovation and found that stretch goals may both boost norm-breaking creativity and hamper fruitful ideation by hampering fruitful ideas.
Abstract: This study explores heterogeneity in the efficacy of stretch goals for engaging employees in innovation, as stretch goals may both boost norm-breaking creativity and hamper fruitful ideation by ove...
TL;DR: In an era of globalization, it is commonly assumed that multicultural experiences foster leadership effectiveness as discussed by the authors, however, little research has systematically tested this assumption, and therefore, little work has been done to systematically test this assumption.
Abstract: In an era of globalization, it is commonly assumed that multicultural experiences foster leadership effectiveness. However, little research has systematically tested this assumption. We develop a t...