2026 Foundations

Searching near and far? Search distance and performance below historical and social aspirations

Catarina Antunes Mantas, Joris van der Voet, Amandine Lerusse

Public Performance & Management Review

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LEARNING FROM PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK: PERFORMANCE INFORMATION, ASPIRATION LEVELS, AND MANAGERIAL PRIORITIES Poul Aaes Nielsen · 2013
Reluctant to change: Self-enhancing responses to diverging performance measures Pino G. Audia, Sébastien Brion · 2006
Performance Gaps and Managerial Decisions: A Bayesian Decision Theory of Managerial Action Kenneth J. Meier, Nathan Favero, Ling Zhu · 2015
Self-Enhancement and Learning from Performance Feedback Alexander Jordan, Pino G. Audia · 2012
All Aspirations are not Created Equal: The Differential Effects of Historical and Social Aspirations on Acquisition Behavior Ji‐Yub Kim, Sydney Finkelstein, Jerayr Haleblian · 2014
Aspiration Performance and Railroads’ Patterns of Learning from Train Wrecks and Crashes Joel A. C. Baum, Kristina Dahlin · 2007
Incremental Organizational Learning from Multilevel Information Sources: Evidence for Cross-Level Interactions Andreas Schwab · 2007
A Behavioral Model of Innovative Search: Evidence from Public Hospital Services Torsten Oliver Salge · 2010

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A Behavioral Theory of the Firm—40 Years and Counting: Introduction and Impact Linda Argote, Henrich R. Greve · 2007
Imitation of Complex Strategies Jan W. Rivkin · 2000
How Performance Incentives Shape Individual Exploration and Exploitation: Evidence from Microdata Sunkee Lee, Philipp Meyer‐Doyle · 2017
Performance, Aspirations, and Risky Organizational Change Henrich R. Greve · 1998
Renewing Research on Problemistic Search—A Review and Research Agenda Hart E. Posen et al. · 2017
Double standards? How historical and political aspiration levels guide managerial performance information use Jakob Majlund Holm · 2017
A Behavioral Model of Public Organizations: Bounded Rationality, Performance Feedback, and Negativity Bias Sounman Hong · 2018
Safe or Profitable? The Pursuit of Conflicting Goals Vibha Gaba, Henrich R. Greve · 2019
Problemistic search distance and entrepreneurial performance Ryan Angus · 2019
Tie Dissolution in Market Networks: A Theory of Vicarious Performance Feedback David R. Clough, Henning Piezunka · 2020
Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback: A Behavioral Perspective on Multiple Goals Pino G. Audia, Henrich R. Greve · 2021
Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback Henrich R. Greve · 2003
Search in Response to Negative Performance Feedback: Problem-Definition and Solution-Generation Joris van der Voet · 2022
How Do Public Managers Learn from Performance Information? Experimental Evidence on Problem Focus, Innovative Search, and Change Jesper Asring Jessen Hansen, Poul Aaes Nielsen · 2022
How historical and social aspirations reshape the relationship between corporate financial performance and corporate social responsibility Charalampos Saridakis, Sofia Angelidou, Arch G. Woodside · 2023
Structuring the situation: Organizational goals trigger and direct decision-making Henrich R. Greve · 2023
Performance Measurement System Design as Link Between Strategy Formulation and Performance Information Use in Public Sector Organizations Åge Johnsen, Kerstin Solholm, Per Arne Tufte · 2024
Hidden Costs of Performance Management: When Performance Feedback Encourages Gaming and Dysfunctional Behaviors Suho Ji, Sounman Hong · 2025

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