Knowledge that Transforms

Leading management scholars have called for the use of nonstandard research to help solve complex problems that are not tractable with standard approaches. This article demonstrates the use of mult...

This study examined the cognitive processes involved in handling job problems in two business organizations. Two situational characteristics, discrepancy between a goal and performance and the freq...

In contrast to prior investigations using between-subjects designs to infer the existence of rigidity in decision behaviors, this research used a within-subject design to directly measure rigidity....

Taking a different tack from previous work on the performance effects of “M-form” adoption, this study examined performance deterioration during reorganization periods and the subsequent time requi...

Interview-based measures of "type A" behavior and psychological and task-person indexes of job complexity were obtained from 251 police and fire department employees with sound cardiovascular health. Fol- low-up data on cardiovascular disorder were collected seven years later from participants who had remained with their organizations. The type A behavior pattern predicted cardiovascular disorder over time, and the relationships between the two complexity indexes and cardio- vascular morbidity were positive among individuals with high type A behavior ratings but negative among those with low ratings. We discuss the implications of these findings for worker health and job design.

Using a framework based on equity theory, we examined the joint effects of group feedback, individual feedback, and the distribution of feedback in a group on individuals' intentions to persist at ...

This study examined the relationship between individual, group, and organizational antecedent variables and strategic and political interpretations of key organizational issues. Results showed that...