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Learning from Inconsistent Performance Feedback

Cassandra R. Chambers, Marlon Fernandes Rodrigues Alves, Pedro Aceves

Organization Science

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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 R&D EXPENDITURES AND INNOVATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM SHIPBUILDING. Henrich R. Greve · 2003
Organizational Aspirations, Reference Points, and Goals George A. Shinkle · 2011
Self-Enhancement and Learning from Performance Feedback Alexander Jordan, Pino G. Audia · 2012
Less Likely to Fail: Low Performance, Firm Size, and Factory Expansion in the Shipbuilding Industry Pino G. Audia, Henrich R. Greve · 2006
Comparing Aspiration Models: The Role of Selective Attention Mark Washburn, Philip Bromiley · 2011
Aspiration Performance and Railroads’ Patterns of Learning from Train Wrecks and Crashes Joel A. C. Baum, Kristina Dahlin · 2007

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Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams Amy C. Edmondson · 1999
Contradictory yet Coherent? Inconsistency in Performance Feedback and R&D Investment Change Gerardus J. M. Lucas, Joris Knoben, Marius T.H. Meeus · 2015
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm William J. Baumöl, Richard M. Cyert, J. G. March · 1964
Renewing Research on Problemistic Search—A Review and Research Agenda Hart E. Posen et al. · 2017
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Safe or Profitable? The Pursuit of Conflicting Goals Vibha Gaba, Henrich R. Greve · 2019
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The Plural of Goal: Learning in a World of Ambiguity Daniel A. Levinthal, Claus Rerup · 2020
Problem-Solving or Self-Enhancing? Influences of Diversification and Bright Spot on Corporate Resource Allocation Responses to Performance Shortfalls Elizabeth Lim, Pino G. Audia · 2020
Aspirations, innovation, and corporate venture capital: A behavioral perspective Vibha Gaba, Shantanu Bhattacharya · 2012
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