2023 Foundations

(In)Consistent Performance Feedback and the Locus of Search

Thomas Keil, Evangelos Syrigos, Konstantinos C. Kostopoulos, Felix Meissner, Pino G. Audia

Journal of Management

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Reciprocity and R&D search: Applying the behavioral theory of the firm to a communitarian context Jonathan O’Brien, Parthiban David · 2013
A comparison of alternative measures of organizational aspirations Philip Bromiley, Jared D. Harris · 2013
Adaptive aspirations and performance heterogeneity: Attention allocation among multiple reference points Daniela Blettner et al. · 2014
Dancing with Strangers: Aspiration Performance and the Search for Underwriting Syndicate Partners Joel A. C. Baum et al. · 2005
Reluctant to change: Self-enhancing responses to diverging performance measures Pino G. Audia, Sébastien Brion · 2006
A Behavioral Theory of Firm Growth: Sequential Attention to Size and Performance Goals Henrich R. Greve · 2008
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

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Less Likely to Fail: Low Performance, Firm Size, and Factory Expansion in the Shipbuilding Industry Pino G. Audia, Henrich R. Greve · 2006
Contradictory yet Coherent? Inconsistency in Performance Feedback and R&D Investment Change Gerardus J. M. Lucas, Joris Knoben, Marius T.H. Meeus · 2015
Determinants of Firms' Backward- and Forward-Looking R&D Search Behavior Weiru Chen · 2008
Performance, Aspirations, and Risky Organizational Change Henrich R. Greve · 1998
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm. Kenneth E. Boulding, Richard M. Cyert, James G. March · 1964
Board reform versus profits: The impact of ratings on the adoption of governance practices Timothy J. Rowley, Andrew V. Shipilov, Henrich R. Greve · 2016
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
Self-Assessment, Self-Enhancement, and the Choice of Comparison Organizations for Evaluating Organizational Performance Pino G. Audia, Sébastien Brion, Henrich R. Greve · 2015
Renewing Research on Problemistic Search—A Review and Research Agenda Hart E. Posen et al. · 2017
Multiple Organization Goals with Feedback from Shared Technological Task Environments Songcui Hu, Richard A. Bettis · 2018
Problem-Solving or Self-Enhancement? A Power Perspective on How CEOs Affect R&D Search in the Face of Inconsistent Feedback Radina R. Blagoeva et al. · 2019
A behavioral theory of alliance portfolio reconfiguration: Evidence from pharmaceutical biotechnology Korcan Kavuşan, Hans T. W. Frankort · 2019
Safe or Profitable? The Pursuit of Conflicting Goals Vibha Gaba, Henrich R. Greve · 2019
The Plural of Goal: Learning in a World of Ambiguity Daniel A. Levinthal, Claus Rerup · 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
Responding to Inconsistent Performance Feedback on Multiple Goals: The Contingency Role of Decision Maker's Status in Introducing Changes Κωνσταντίνος Κωστόπουλος, Evangelos Syrigos, Pasi Kuusela · 2022

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