Research and Insights from the Center for Effective Organizations
Jay Conger, Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Edward E. Lawler III (eds.), (Jossey-Bass, 1999)
Full of fascinating case studies, action strategies, and unbeatable advice, The Leader’s Change Handbook contains the best new thinking from each of its distinguished contributors on the twin challenges leaders face as they try to create leaner, more responsive organizations while empowering their workforces.
Katherine R. Xin, Jing-Lih Farh, Bor-Shiuan Cheng, and Anne S. Tsui examined the impact of two related concepts, relational demography and guanxi (defined as particularistic ties between individuals), on organizational commitment, quality of leader-member exchange (LMX), and performance in two empirical studies conducted in Taiwan and the PRC.
This content is available only to members and requires a valid login. If you are already a member, please log in first, after which you will return to this post.
Register for complimentary premium access to our working papers, editorials and webinars. It takes under 30 seconds. Register.
This paper by Paul Emmanuelides and Philip H. Birnbaum-More applies an information-processing approach to the study of product development projects.
This content is available only to members and requires a valid login. If you are already a member, please log in first, after which you will return to this post.
Register for complimentary premium access to our working papers, editorials and webinars. It takes under 30 seconds. Register.
In a comprehensive study of Japanese and U.S. electronic firm product development practices, the authors (Russel W. Wright, Lillian C. Wright, Phillip H. Birnbaum-More, and Ryo Hirasawa) find significant differences between countries in the inputs, process, outputs, and other differences associated with first to market and fast responding firms.
This content is available only to members and requires a valid login. If you are already a member, please log in first, after which you will return to this post.
Register for complimentary premium access to our working papers, editorials and webinars. It takes under 30 seconds. Register.
Past research has shown that national culture does matter- it affects people’s behavior- but research has left open the question of when culture matters. Martha L. Maznevski, Cristina B. Gibson, and Bradley L. Kirkman examine culture’s effects on four types of individual outcomes, and propose moderators at three levels of analysis.
This content is available only to members and requires a valid login. If you are already a member, please log in first, after which you will return to this post.
Register for complimentary premium access to our working papers, editorials and webinars. It takes under 30 seconds. Register.
This report by Cristina B. Gibson is the first step in a program of research concerning the impact of diversity.
This content is available only to members and requires a valid login. If you are already a member, please log in first, after which you will return to this post.
Register for complimentary premium access to our working papers, editorials and webinars. It takes under 30 seconds. Register.
This paper by Cristina B. Gibson and Mary E. Zellmer-Bruhn develops a conceptual framework to explain variance in the concept of teamwork across national and organizational cultures.
This content is available only to members and requires a valid login. If you are already a member, please log in first, after which you will return to this post.
Register for complimentary premium access to our working papers, editorials and webinars. It takes under 30 seconds. Register.
Mary E. Zellmer-Bruhn and Cristina B. Gibson investigate facilitators and impediments to inter-team transfer of practices using qualitative analysis of multinational interviews and review of literature.
This content is available only to members and requires a valid login. If you are already a member, please log in first, after which you will return to this post.
Register for complimentary premium access to our working papers, editorials and webinars. It takes under 30 seconds. Register.
In this study, Mary E. Zellmer-Bruhn and Cristina B. Gibson apply the concept of strategic context (Prahalad & Doz, 1987; Schulz & Jobe, 1997) to the team level and examine how team strategic context relates to team process innovativeness.
This content is available only to members and requires a valid login. If you are already a member, please log in first, after which you will return to this post.
Register for complimentary premium access to our working papers, editorials and webinars. It takes under 30 seconds. Register.
Nancy B. Kurland and Diane E. Bailey discuss home-based telecommuting, satellite offices, neighborhood work centers, and mobile working which are alternative forms of work organization that together constitute “telework.”
This content is available only to members and requires a valid login. If you are already a member, please log in first, after which you will return to this post.
Register for complimentary premium access to our working papers, editorials and webinars. It takes under 30 seconds. Register.
Cristina B. Gibson discusses group-efficacy, a group’s belief regarding its ability to perform effectively. It is argued that group-efficacy effects are complex and moderated by several contingency factors.
This content is available only to members and requires a valid login. If you are already a member, please log in first, after which you will return to this post.
Register for complimentary premium access to our working papers, editorials and webinars. It takes under 30 seconds. Register.
Gretchen M. Spritzer and Aneil K. Mishra explore whether the commitment of downsizing survivors can be preserved at a level comparable to employees who have not been subjected to a downsizing.
This content is available only to members and requires a valid login. If you are already a member, please log in first, after which you will return to this post.
Register for complimentary premium access to our working papers, editorials and webinars. It takes under 30 seconds. Register.