Management & Organizations

In one of the recent Organizational Theory sessions about Social Networks some of the participants were discussing the potential in online social networking website datasets. The instructor pointed out that some of the social networking sites have began sharing their datasets with some researchers, but that access is still limited. However, there are social networks [...]

Resource Based View is one of the prominent theories of the firm. It is one of the often used lenses in strategic management research. However, to many who are new to strategy research, RBV (as it is better known) equates to Barney (1991). Yes, Barney (1991) summarized this idea better, but the theory has a longer history than that. Here [...]

The following post is a review/critique of : Luscher, S.L. & Lewis, M.W. 2008. Organizational Change and Managerial Sensemaking: Working through Paradox. Academy of Management Journal, 51: 221-240 Luscher & Lewis go into a somewhat different and unique investigation of the organizational change process by applying action research to Lego which was undergoing a profound [...]

The following post is a review/critique of : Otnes, C., Lowrey, T., and Shrum, L.J. 1997. Towards an understanding of Consumer Ambivalence. Journal of Consumer Research, 24: 80- First, I enjoyed reading the article. It articulates the main ideas in a clear, straightforward and convincing manner and the qualitative flavored quotes provide richness and meanings [...]

The following post is a review/critique of : Sitkin, S. B., & Weingart, L. R. (1995). Determinants of risky decision-making behavior: A test of the mediating role of risk perceptions and propensity. Academy of Management Journal, 38 (6), 1573-1592. This article aims to contribute to the extensive research on human risk taking behaviors by suggesting [...]

The following post is a review/critique of : Wong, K. F. E., Yik, M., & Kwong, J. Y. Y. (2006). Understanding the emotional aspects of escalation of commitment: The role of negative affect. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 282-297. The article contributes to escalation of commitment research by investigating the integration of an emotional perspective, [...]

The following post is a review/critique of : Wong, K. F. E., & Kwong, J.Y. Y. (2007). Effects of rater goals on rating patterns: Evidence from an experimental field study. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 577-585. This article builds on the theoretical suggestion by Murphy et. al (2004) to show that raters with different goals [...]

The following post is a review/critique of : Wong, K. F. E., & Kwong, J. Y. Y. (2000). Is 7300 m equal to 7.3 km? Same semantics but different anchoring effects. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 82 (2), 314-333. The article aims to clarify some of the confusing finds regarding anchoring effects. Although the [...]

The following post is a review/critique of : Hofmann, D.A. & Stetzer, A. (1996). A cross-level investigation of factors influencing unsafe behaviors and accidents. Personnel Psychology, 49(2), 307-339. Hoffmann & Stetzer (1996) offer an in-depth multi-level HLM based analysis of the factors underlying safety related behaviors. Probably among the first comprehensive studies to employ HLM, [...]

The following post is a review/critique of : Barrick, M.R., Stewart, G.L., Neubert, M.J. & Mount, M.K. (1998). Relating member ability and personality to work-team processes and team effectiveness. Journal of Applied Psychology, 83(3), 377-391. Barrick et. al (1998) investigated relationships between team level variables of abilities, group personality traits and social cohesion to team [...]