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A boundary theory investigation of the product manager's role.
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In this paper, boundary spanning theory and role theory are used to examine the product manager's role in consumer industries, and a research model depicting associations between environmental uncertainty, boundary spanning, and role role is presented.Abstract:
Boundary spanning theory and role theory are used to examine the product manager's role in consumer industries. A research model depicting associations between environmental uncertainty, boundary s...read more
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The emergence of boundary spanning competence in practice: implications for implementation and use of information systems
Natalia Levina,Emmanuelle Vaast +1 more
TL;DR: This paper investigates how an organizational competence in boundary spanning emerges in practice by drawing on the concepts of boundary spanner and boundary object, and shows how boundary spanners-in-practice use various organizational and professional resources including the influence that comes with being nominated to boundary Spanners' roles to create the new joint field.
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A meta-analysis of work demand stressors and job performance: examining main and moderating effects
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the relationship of seven work-related stressors with job performance: role ambiguity, role conflict, role overload, job insecurity, work-family conflict, environmental uncertainty, and situational constraints.
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A Model of Marketing Knowledge use within Firms
Anil Menon,P. Rajan Varadarajan +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the process of knowledge utilization within firms has come to be viewed as an increasingly important area for research in light of its implications for organizational effectiveness, and the authors propose a framework for this area.
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Managing Multiple Roles: Work-Family Policies and Individuals' Desires for Segmentation
TL;DR: It is found that desire for greater segmentation does moderate the relationship between the organizational policies one has access to and individuals' satisfaction and commitment, suggesting that more policies may not always be better in terms of job satisfaction and organizational commitment.
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Boundary role ambiguity: Facets, determinants, and impacts.
TL;DR: In this paper, the organizational determinants of role ambiguity among sales and marketing professionals and its dysfunctional impact on job outcomes are studied in an important area of research in marketing and sales.
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Role Conflict and Ambiguity in Complex Organizations.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the development and testing of questionnaire measures of role conflict and ambiguity and show that these two constructs are factorially identifiable and independent, and that they tend to correlate with measures of organizational and managerial practices and leader behavior.
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Characteristics of Organizational Environments and Perceived Environmental Uncertainty.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the characteristics of the environment that contribute to decision unit members experiencing uncertainty in decision making and find that individuals in decision units with dynamic-complex environments experience the greatest amount of uncertainty.
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Differentiation and Integration in Complex Organizations
Paul R. Lawrence,Jay W. Lorsch +1 more
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A personality scale of manifest anxiety.
TL;DR: A description of the construction of the test and the normative data that have been accumulated in connection with it are presented as of possible interest to other researchers.