2023 Aspirations & reference points

Social Comparison Inside Business Groups and Strategic Change: Evidence from Group‐affiliated Chinese Firms

Pengcheng Ma, Lin Cui, Dean Xu

Journal of Management Studies

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Foreign Market Investment as a Locus of Response to Adverse Performance Majid Abdi, Liang Wang · 2024
Change or stability? A meta-analysis of organizational responses to social and historical performance feedback Stefan Breet, Pursey Heugens, Anna Nadolska · 2025

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How do managers decide on internationalization processes? The role of organizational slack and performance feedback Wenting Lin · 2013
Innovators and imitators: Organizational reference groups and adoption of organizational routines Silvia Massini, Arie Y. Lewin, Henrich R. Greve · 2005
A Behavioral Theory of Firm Growth: Sequential Attention to Size and Performance Goals Henrich R. Greve · 2008
Knowing Your Place: Social Performance Feedback in Good Times and Bad Times Thomas P. Moliterno et al. · 2014
A BEHAVIORAL THEORY OF R&D EXPENDITURES AND INNOVATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM SHIPBUILDING. Henrich R. Greve · 2003
Organizational Aspirations, Reference Points, and Goals George A. Shinkle · 2011
Variations in R&D Investments of Family and Nonfamily Firms: Behavioral Agency and Myopic Loss Aversion Perspectives James J. Chrisman, Pankaj C. Patel · 2012
Less Likely to Fail: Low Performance, Firm Size, and Factory Expansion in the Shipbuilding Industry Pino G. Audia, Henrich R. Greve · 2006

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Comparing Aspiration Models: The Role of Selective Attention Mark Washburn, Philip Bromiley · 2011
Business Group Affiliation and Firm Search Behavior in India: Responsiveness and Focus of Attention Balagopal Vissa, Henrich R. Greve, Weiru Chen · 2009
Disentangling Risk and Change Aleksandra Kacperczyk, Christine M. Beckman, Thomas P. Moliterno · 2014
Looking Backward Instead of Forward: Aspiration-Driven Influences on the Efficiency of the Capital Allocation Process Mathias Arrfelt, Robert M. Wiseman, G. Tomas M. Hult · 2012
Performance, Aspirations, and Risky Organizational Change Henrich R. Greve · 1998
Driven by aspirations, but in what direction? Performance shortfalls, slack resources, and resource‐consuming vs. resource‐freeing organizational change Pasi Kuusela, Thomas Keil, Markku Maula · 2016
Entering new markets: The effect of performance feedback near aspiration and well below and above it Ohad Ref, Zur Shapira · 2016
Conflict inside and outside: Social comparisons and attention shifts in multidivisional firms Songcui Hu et al. · 2016
A Behavioral Theory of Social Performance: Social Identity and Stakeholder Expectations Robert S. Nason, Sophie Bacq, David Gras · 2017
Renewing Research on Problemistic Search—A Review and Research Agenda Hart E. Posen et al. · 2017
Performance feedback and middle managers’ divergent strategic behavior: The roles of social comparisons and organizational identification Murat Tarakci et al. · 2017
Deviant versus Aspirational Risk Taking: The Effects of Performance Feedback on Bribery Expenditure and R&D Intensity Dean Xu, Kevin Zheng Zhou, Fei Du · 2018
How does inconsistent negative performance feedback affect the R&D investments of firms? A study of publicly listed firms David Diwei Lv et al. · 2019
Biased interpretation of performance feedback: The role of CEO overconfidence Christian Schumacher, Steffen Keck, Wenjie Tang · 2020
Corporate Structure and Performance Feedback: Aspirations and Adaptation in M-Form Firms Vibha Gaba, John Joseph · 2012
Motivation and Ability? A Behavioral Perspective on the Pursuit of Radical Invention in Multi-Technology Incumbents J. P. Eggers, Aseem Kaul · 2017
The Behavioral Theory of the Firm: Assessment and Prospects Giovanni Gavetti et al. · 2012
Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback Henrich R. Greve · 2003
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm Richard H. Day et al. · 1964
Who depends on why: Toward an endogenous, purpose-driven mechanism in organizations' reference selection Johannes Luger · 2023

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A behavioral theory of Leviathan Inc: State firms’ responses to performance shortfalls Zhiyan Wu, Ronald Klingebiel · 2024

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Self‐Assessment versus Self‐Improvement Motives: How Does Social Reference Group Selection Influence Organizational Responses to Performance Feedback? Daniela Blettner, Serhan Kotiloglu, Thomas Lechler · 2023

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Performance feedback and firms’ strategic actions: a cross-national meta-analysis Shan Xue, Honghui Chen, Jintao Wu · 2023

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60th birthday of ‘A Behavioral Theory of the Firm’: a review of the relational concepts and recommendations for future research Moritz Hagen, Wenjia Su, Sebastian Junge · 2023

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Sociopolitical and financial goals in state-owned manufacturers' expansion of production capacity: evidence from China Renfei Gao et al. · 2024

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Structuring the situation: Organizational goals trigger and direct decision-making Henrich R. Greve · 2023

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How does inconsistent negative performance feedback affect the R&D investments of firms? A study of publicly listed firms David Diwei Lv et al. · 2019

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The Dynamics of Performance Feedback and ESG Disclosure: A Behavioral Theory of the Firm Perspective Richard Yeaw Chong Seow · 2024

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Organizational responses to performance feedback: A meta-analytic review Serhan Kotiloglu, Yan Chen, Thomas Lechler · 2019

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Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback: A Behavioral Perspective on Multiple Goals Pino G. Audia, Henrich R. Greve · 2021

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Performance Feedback Persistence: Comparative Effects of Historical Versus Peer Performance Feedback on Innovative Search Yang Ye, Wei Yu, Robert S. Nason · 2020

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Looking back to move forward: social benchmarks and historical performance in CEO turnover Julio A. Pertuzé, Gonzalo Valdés, Tomás Reyes · 2026

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Managerial Risk Taking Robert E. Hoskisson et al. · 2016

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Performance Shortfall, Feedback Interpretation and R&D Search: The Differential Effects of Peers’ Performance Below Historical and Social Aspirations Lakshmi Goyal, Vikas Goyal · 2022

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Aspiration formation and attention rules Luca Berchicci, Murat Tarakci · 2021

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Is LGBT inclusion motivated by organizational performance? Exploring the relationships between performance feedback and LGBT inclusion in firms Serhan Kotiloglu, Aaron T. McDonald · 2023

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Content and process: organizational conflict and decision making Vibha Gaba, John Joseph · 2023

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(No) Time for Change: When and Why Entrepreneurs Act During Underperforming Fundraising Attempts Hendrik Wilhelm et al. · 2024

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Conflict inside and outside: Social comparisons and attention shifts in multidivisional firms Songcui Hu et al. · 2016

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New product introductions below aspirations, slack and R&D alliances: A behavioral perspective Beverly B. Tyler, Turanay Caner · 2015

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Business Group Affiliation and Firm Search Behavior in India: Responsiveness and Focus of Attention Balagopal Vissa, Henrich R. Greve, Weiru Chen · 2009

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Driven by aspirations, but in what direction? Performance shortfalls, slack resources, and resource‐consuming vs. resource‐freeing organizational change Pasi Kuusela, Thomas Keil, Markku Maula · 2016

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A comparison of alternative measures of organizational aspirations Philip Bromiley, Jared D. Harris · 2013

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A Behavioral Theory of the Firm—40 Years and Counting: Introduction and Impact Linda Argote, Henrich R. Greve · 2007

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Aspiration Performance and Railroads’ Patterns of Learning from Train Wrecks and Crashes Joel A. C. Baum, Kristina Dahlin · 2007

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PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK, SLACK, AND THE TIMING OF ACQUISITIONS. Dinesh N. Iyer, Kent D. Miller · 2008

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Determinants of Firms' Backward- and Forward-Looking R&D Search Behavior Weiru Chen · 2008

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Renewing Research on Problemistic Search—A Review and Research Agenda Hart E. Posen et al. · 2017

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The Behavioral Theory of the Firm: Assessment and Prospects Giovanni Gavetti et al. · 2012

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A BEHAVIORAL THEORY OF R&D EXPENDITURES AND INNOVATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM SHIPBUILDING. Henrich R. Greve · 2003

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Performance, Aspirations, and Risky Organizational Change Henrich R. Greve · 1998

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