Administrative Science Quarterly articles from September 1993

Administrative Science Quarterly archives from September 1993

Collective mind in organizations: heedful interrelating on flight decks.
September 1, 1993... structure and technology, are less conspicuous but potentially more powerful differences in the capability for collective mind. A smart system does the right thing regardless of its structure and regardless of whether the environment is stable or...

The effect of wage dispersion on satisfaction, productivity, and working collaboratively: evidence from college and university faculty. (includes appendix)
September 1, 1993... methods resolves uncertainty in the evaluation process. Not surprisingly, we found that a person's affective reaction to wage dispersion was contingent on these factors of information, commitment, consensus and certainty in the evaluation...

Tightening the iron cage: concertive control in self-managing teams.
September 1, 1993... What were simple norms in phase 1 (we all need to be at work on time) now became highly objective rules similar to ISE's old bureaucratic structure (if you are more than five minutes late, you're docked a day's pay). On the surface, day-to-day...

The structure of organizational incentives. (includes appendix)
September 1, 1993... 663-691. Gibbons, Robert, and Kevin J. Murphy 1990 "Relative performance evaluation for chief executive officers." Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 43: 30-51. Holmstrom, Bengt 1979 "Moral hazard and observability." Bell Journal of...

What do wages buy?
September 1, 1993... 1993 "Worth waiting for? Delayed compensation, training and turnover in the United States and Japan." Journal of Labor Economics, vol 11 (in press). Lincoln, James L., and Arne Kalleberg 1990 Culture, Control and Commitment. New York:...