{"title":"Creativity and Corporate Culture","authors":"G. Charness, D. Grieco","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3723865","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3723865","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 We investigate which form of corporate culture is most effective in enhancing individual performance in creative tasks conducted in group settings. We combine a series of experiments with a questionnaire on corporate values to test whether performance ranking and incentives succeed in instantiating a creative corporate culture. Being ranked against competitors and setting incentives at the group level serves as a social cue that appears to induce in members a significantly stronger pro-social attitude. When this attitude is shared by group members, a social norm of high effort emerges, and creative performance is significantly higher.","PeriodicalId":212698,"journal":{"name":"Change Management & Organizational Behavior eJournal","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126773689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Niklas Kreilkamp, Maximilian Schmidt, Arnt Wöhrmann
{"title":"Debiasing as a Powerful Management Accounting Tool? Evidence from German Firms","authors":"Niklas Kreilkamp, Maximilian Schmidt, Arnt Wöhrmann","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3515833","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3515833","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000The purpose of this paper is to investigate if and how firms approach debiasing and what determines its success. In particular, this study examines if debiasing is effective in reducing cognitive decision biases. This paper also investigates organizational characteristics that determine the effectiveness of debiasing.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000This study uses survey data from German firms to answer the research questions. Target respondents are individuals in a senior management accounting function.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000In line with the hypotheses, this paper finds that debiasing can reduce cognitive biases. Moreover, this study finds that psychological safety not only directly influences the occurrence of cognitive biases but is also an important factor that determines the effectiveness of debiasing.\u0000\u0000\u0000Research limitations/implications\u0000This paper provides evidence that debiasing can serve as a powerful management accounting tool and discusses debiasing in the context of recent management accounting literature. This study also adds to the stream of research that investigates the role of psychological safety in organizations by highlighting its importance for successful debiasing.\u0000\u0000\u0000Practical implications\u0000This paper informs firms that use or intend to use debiasing about crucial determinants to consider when debating its implementation, i.e. psychological safety. This study also identifies risk management as a potential interface for the implementation of systematic debiasing.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000While previous research primarily addresses specific cognitive biases and debiasing mechanisms using lab experiments, this is – to the best of the knowledge – the first study investigating cognitive biases and debiasing on a broad conceptual level using survey data.\u0000","PeriodicalId":212698,"journal":{"name":"Change Management & Organizational Behavior eJournal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133781758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Analysis of Relationship Among Transformational Leadership Style and Performance of Personnel by Mediation Role of Organizational Culture","authors":"Sorush Niknamian","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3353585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3353585","url":null,"abstract":"Goal: The current study aims to interpret relationship among transformational leadership style and mediation role of organizational culture with performance of personnel in Shiraz Blood Transfusion Organization. Materials and methods: The present research is a descriptive- correlational study of surveying type. Statistical population of this study is composed of 250 directors, supervisors, and personnel of Shiraz Blood Transfusion Organization. Among this population, 150 respondents were chosen as sample size based on Morgan’s Table and available non-randomized sampling technique was employed and questionnaires were distributed between the sampled participants. Three questionnaires were utilized as data collection tools as follows: Standard Questionnaire of Personnel’s Performance (Moghimi, 2011), Multifactor Transformational Leadership Questionnaire (Bass & Avolio, 2000), and Organizational Culture Questionnaire (Robbins, 2000). Data were analyzed using confirmatory data analysis and structured equations model and by means of AMOS (v.18) and SPSS (v.22) software. Findings: With respect to path coefficient (0.1) and significance level (0.788), the positive and significant relationship is not verified among performance of personnel and transformational leadership. Given path coefficient (0.84) and significant level (0.000), there is significant relationship among transformational leadership style and organizational culture. Similarly, there is direct and significant relationship among organizational culture and performance of personnel. Moreover, there is indirect and significant relationship among transformational leadership and performance of personnel by organizational culture. Conclusion: Transformational leadership style is indirectly related to performance of personnel via organizational culture. Therefore it can be concluded that transformational leadership style may affect performance of personnel by influence in organizational culture.","PeriodicalId":212698,"journal":{"name":"Change Management & Organizational Behavior eJournal","volume":"230 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115357854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Autonomy at Work in the Gig Economy: Analysing Work Status, Work Content and Working Conditions of Independent Professionals","authors":"François Pichault, T. McKeown","doi":"10.1111/ntwe.12132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ntwe.12132","url":null,"abstract":"This paper offers a critical perspective on the debate surrounding autonomy at work for a specific category of non‐standard workers: independent professionals. The increasing numbers now working this way as well as their spread into all sectors, industries and occupations, mean that their work arrangements can no longer be dismissed as non‐standard or atypical. Defining them by what they are not is quite simply no longer an option. Our paper examines the various components intertwined behind the taken‐for‐granted concept of autonomy. Drawing on debates from the legal through to the sociological and HR literatures, we identify three underlying dimensions to autonomy. When combined, they provide the basis for an analytical matrix that may assist policy makers, practitioners and individual workers to understand the challenges and opportunities linked to new ways of working.","PeriodicalId":212698,"journal":{"name":"Change Management & Organizational Behavior eJournal","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126422719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Evidence-Based Model for Agile Organizational Change","authors":"Jim Morgan","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3306206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3306206","url":null,"abstract":"Despite evidence predictive project management is not appropriate for the majority of projects, it remains the dominant form. Unfortunately there is no proven method for large-scale transformations to Agile. Only one scientific source has been published. An exploratory narrative literature review in the related field of organizational change (OC) was conducted. Evidence-based OC models exist for overcoming barriers such as isomorphism, inertia, and resistance to change, but follow waterfall forms. An Agile alternative adapted from those models is proposed using eleven prioritized “epics.” It may serve as an educated guess for Agile coaches and a basis for Agile transformation research.","PeriodicalId":212698,"journal":{"name":"Change Management & Organizational Behavior eJournal","volume":"133 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124041926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Robots and AI at Work: The Prospects for Singularity","authors":"Martin Upchurch","doi":"10.1111/ntwe.12124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ntwe.12124","url":null,"abstract":"This paper seeks to address emerging debates and controversies on the impact of robots and artificial intelligence on the world of work. Longer term discussions of technological ‘singularity’ are considered alongside the socio-technical and economic constraints on the application of robotics and AI. Evidence of robot ‘take-up’ is gathered from reports of the International Federation of Robotics and from case vignettes reported elsewhere. In assessing the contemporary relationship between singularity, robotics and AI the article reflects briefly on the two ‘tests’ of artificial ‘intelligence’ proposed by the pioneer computer scientist Alan Turing, and comments on the efficacy of his ‘tests’ in contemporary applications. The paper continues by examining aspects of public policy and concludes that technological singularity is far from imminent.","PeriodicalId":212698,"journal":{"name":"Change Management & Organizational Behavior eJournal","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122155479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Director Busyness and Internal Control Weaknesses: Evidence from a Natural Experiment","authors":"Qian Xin","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3221578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3221578","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, I investigate the effects of multiple directorships on internal control quality. By exploiting an exogenous change in board seats held by directors in interlocked firms that arises from the termination of target firm board due to merger and acquisitions, I find reductions in directorships help mitigate internal control weaknesses in interlocked firms. Cross-sectional analyses show that the main effects of multiple directorships on internal control quality channel through shocked directors’ marginal time value, independent status, as well as board memberships. As a direct manifestation of internal control quality, I also document significant improvements in financial reporting quality as evidenced by a lower probability of accounting restatements. Overall, the findings are consistent with the director busyness hypothesis that multiple directorships adversely impair board governance effectiveness in internal control over financial reporting.","PeriodicalId":212698,"journal":{"name":"Change Management & Organizational Behavior eJournal","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125846568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Leadership, Motivation and Cultural Organization to the Performance of Employees in KPP Pratama Watampone","authors":"Umar Data, Muhammad Tafsir","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3219635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3219635","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to determine the effect of leadership, motivation, and Cultural Organizationon the performance of Employees in the Tax Office Primary Watampone. The sample usedin this study were 50 people with saturated sample method. This research method usingmultiple linear regression analysis. Based on the results of data analysis and hypothesistesting showed that the results of this study indicate that the variable F test consisting ofLeadership, Motivation and Cultural Organization simultaneously significant positive effecton the performance of employees in the Tax Office Primary Watampone.T significant testresults (t test) for Leadership and motivation variable partially shows a significant positiveeffect on employee performance and Cultural Organization adversely affect the performanceof employees in the Tax Office Primary Watampone. Results determinant coefficient (R2)has the meaning that leadership, motivation and organizational culture as an independentvariable able to explain the performance of an employee as the dependent variable and hasa very strong and positive relationship, while the rest is explained by other factors that arenot included in this study","PeriodicalId":212698,"journal":{"name":"Change Management & Organizational Behavior eJournal","volume":"191 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116666162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Workers of the Internet Unite? Online Freelancer Organisation Among Remote Gig Economy Workers in Six Asian and African Countries","authors":"A. Wood, V. Lehdonvirta, Mark Graham","doi":"10.1111/ntwe.12112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ntwe.12112","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents findings regarding collective organisation among online freelancers in middle-income countries. Drawing on research in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, we find that the specific nature of the online freelancing labour process gives rise to a distinctive form of organisation, in which social media groups play a central role in structuring communication and unions are absent. Previous research is limited to either conventional freelancers or ‘microworkers’ who do relatively low-skilled tasks via online labour platforms. This study uses 107 interviews and a survey of 658 freelancers who obtain work via a variety of online platforms to highlight that Internet-based communities play a vital role in their work experiences. Internet-based communities enable workers to support each other and share information. This, in turn, increases their security and protection. However, these communities are fragmented by nationality, occupation and platform.","PeriodicalId":212698,"journal":{"name":"Change Management & Organizational Behavior eJournal","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114727485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using Involvement to Enhance Employee Engagement in it Firms: Examining Leadership Initiatives in a Key Developing National Context","authors":"Rory Donnelly","doi":"10.1111/ntwe.12108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ntwe.12108","url":null,"abstract":"Many organisational leaders increasingly use employee involvement to serve their interests, spurred by the unitarist rationale of leader‐member exchange (LMX). Existing research into employee involvement and participation (EIP) management has mainly focused on manufacturing firms in advanced economies and has not kept pace with developments in settings where practice is primarily governed by organisational leaders plus greater use is made of informal and technologically assisted EIP. Consequently, this paper investigates the management of EIP in IT firms at the forefront of these developments in India. The findings reveal how an array of informal initiatives, including social media, are being used to permeate traditional LMX and EIP boundaries to reinforce unitarist leadership goals. Limitations to some of these initiatives are elucidated, as they are unevenly used and contested by employees. Thus, the paper contributes to critiques of LMX as an ancillary framework for EIP.","PeriodicalId":212698,"journal":{"name":"Change Management & Organizational Behavior eJournal","volume":"79 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131160065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}