Administrative Science Quarterly articles from March 1991

Administrative Science Quarterly archives from March 1991

Corporate performance and CEO turnover: the role of performance expectations. (chief executive officer)
March 1, 1991... Corporate Performance and CEO Turnover: The Role of Performance Expectations This paper proposes that the inconsistent findings in previous studies of the relationship between corporate performance and CEO turnover may be due to insufficient...

The development of an intragroup norm and the effects of interpersonal and structural challenges.
March 1, 1991... The Development of an Intragroup Norm and the Effects of Interpersonal and Structural Challenges Social norms are a powerful form of control, fundamental to human behavior. Yet, despite periodic calls for more systematic empirical attention...

Density-dependent dynamics in regulated industries: founding rates of banks and life insurance companies.
March 1, 1991... Density-Dependent Dynamics in Regulated Industries: Founding Rates of Banks and Life Insurance Companies The theory of density-dependent legitimation and competition has been tested on numerous organizational populations, including labor unions,...

Profit centers, single-source suppliers, and transaction costs.
March 1, 1991... Profit Centers, Single-Source Suppliers, and Transaction Costs This paper addresses criticisms of transaction-cost theory that it overstates the effect of asset specialization on vertical integration and understates the costs of managing...

Interorganization contagion in corporate philanthropy.
March 1, 1991... Interorganization Contagion in Corporate Philanthropy Two network contagion models are used to describe corporate contributions officers' evaluations of nonprofit organizations seeking philanthropic donations. Contagion by cohesion predicts that...

The storytelling organization: a study of story performance in an office-supply firm.
March 1, 1991... The Storytelling Organization: A Study of Story Performance in an Office-Supply Firm INTRODUCTION Organizations As Storytelling Systems In organizations, storytelling is the preferred sense-making currency of human...