Ruth M. Cruikshank, Ellen R. Auster, Nada Basir, Trish Ruebottom
{"title":"Middle managers' knowledge of strategy: antecedents, cognitive accuracy and self-awareness","authors":"Ruth M. Cruikshank, Ellen R. Auster, Nada Basir, Trish Ruebottom","doi":"10.1504/ijscm.2015.069524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijscm.2015.069524","url":null,"abstract":"Middle managers provide a powerful conduit for strategy execution particularly in fast paced environments. Their knowledge of strategy is critical for strategic change to be successful. Yet, little research directly examines how aware middle managers are of corporate strategy and how accurate they are in their understanding of how that strategy translates into divisional goals. Framed in cognition theory, this exploratory study uses qualitative and quantitative analysis to investigate the antecedents, accuracy and self-awareness of middle managers' knowledge of strategy within a large North American financial firm (N = 294). Implications for research and practice are highlighted.","PeriodicalId":260900,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Change Management","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134339300","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":"Service orientation: changing in Tunisian industrial firms","authors":"Afef Ben Youssef Zghidi, I. Zaiem","doi":"10.1504/IJSCM.2015.069518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSCM.2015.069518","url":null,"abstract":"This paper focuses on the development of services in industrial firms. Specifically, the main objective is to identify the antecedents of service orientation. It first presents the existing literature to understand how industrial firms adopt and develop service in their business strategies. Second, it shows the results of a field study implemented in Tunisian industrial firms. The study revealed that the managerial motivation, the firm and environment characteristics have potential effects on service orientation.","PeriodicalId":260900,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Change Management","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131351430","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":"Network interactions and gift giving: a dual sphere model of exchange","authors":"R. Berger, Chong Ju Choi","doi":"10.1504/IJSCM.2014.064463","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSCM.2014.064463","url":null,"abstract":"Networks and business interactions are based on relationships. This conceptual paper analyses the general role of non-market-based value creation and relationships as being fundamental to networks and business interactions. A framework is provided that combines the monetary nature of value in market-based exchange and the more social and emotional nature of long-term relationships: a dual sphere model of exchange. Particular attention is given to gift giving from social anthropology and its relevance to network-based relationships. Our conceptual paper advocates a dual sphere model of business interactions to analyse network interactions in the 21st century.","PeriodicalId":260900,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Change Management","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128568380","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":"Internal communication for change: a complex challenge","authors":"C. Gadolin","doi":"10.1504/IJSCM.2014.064459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSCM.2014.064459","url":null,"abstract":"Internal communication is a vital component in any change process and a major part of change management. This paper presents a qualitative study of a large industrial company and its change project. The paper contributes to our understanding of communication in change management projects with its description and analysis of the construction of project communication at this company as well as of the managers’ and other employees’ perception of it. The research emphasises that communication is a pivotal part of large change management projects while pointing to its complexity and many pitfalls. Thus, the paper advances the empirical and practical change management research.","PeriodicalId":260900,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Change Management","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125355613","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":"Measuring cognitive aspects of organisational alignment: developing the organisational cognizance questionnaire","authors":"Yan Tan, S. Jeyaraj","doi":"10.1504/IJSCM.2014.064464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSCM.2014.064464","url":null,"abstract":"Organisational alignment is predominantly viewed in strategic and structural terms, and this has shaped the way organisations manage change. While various researchers have presented findings of a cognitive dimension of organisational alignment that results in better organisational performance and effectiveness, they appear to be difficult to define and measure. To reduce this knowledge gap, this study aimed to develop and validate an instrument, based on a process-oriented cognitive framework of organisational alignment. The 19-item self-report organisational cognizance questionnaire (OCQ) was constructed based on qualitative research. A hundred and ninety-seven full-time working individuals completed the questionnaire. Construct validity was established using factor analysis. Results revealed a two-factor solution: 1) ideational sharing and strategic sense-making; 2) co-learning and reflection. Cronbach’s alpha for the questionnaire is 0.93. Findings shed light on the cognitive aspects of OA. The OCQ offers promise as a diagnostic tool for improving organisational alignment in relation to change.","PeriodicalId":260900,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Change Management","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124113560","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":"Creating competitive advantage: a stakeholder view of employee ownership","authors":"P. B. Thompson, Abagail McWilliams, M. Shanley","doi":"10.1504/IJSCM.2014.064468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSCM.2014.064468","url":null,"abstract":"The discussion in this paper offers answers to two questions: Why do employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) tend to perform, on average, better than non-ESOP firms, and why do some ESOPs survive and thrive while others underperform or are terminated? Using Donaldson and Lorsch’s (1983) framework we argue that an ESOP can provide incentives that enable managers to mitigate internal conflict, competition for resources, and transaction costs by reducing its dependence upon the product, capital, and labour markets allowing the firm to be more responsive to the external environment and resulting in superior performance. Reduced resource dependence, and increased cooperation among internal stakeholders are not a given; it is the fact of mutual ownership that makes it so. Some ESOP companies are not successful in achieving the necessary stakeholder – resource balance. For that reason they – and firms that are not employee owned – underperform compared to the average ESOP company.","PeriodicalId":260900,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Change Management","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129535472","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":"Rapprochement Strategies in Corporate Governance of Quoted Firms","authors":"Hentati Fakher, Bouri Abdelfettah","doi":"10.1504/IJSCM.2014.060261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSCM.2014.060261","url":null,"abstract":"The governance theory constitutes a rich framework analysis of the relation between the rapprochement strategies and the shareholders’ value. In addition, available research in modern finance does not take into account the effect of the control mechanisms on the rapprochement strategies of the firm. This paper studies the effect of financial markets on the activities of mergers-acquisitions. It proposes an advanced model of econometric applied to Tunisian data of panel. The found results show that the financial market always does not constitute an effective means which leads the manager to benefit from the advantages of the mergers-acquisitions policies. The study aims to show that the activities of mergers-acquisitions present foreign strategy in the government of the Tunisian companies. The firms must invest in the research and development and implement new training schemes for their personnel in order to carry out the competitive advantages and attract the national and international investors.","PeriodicalId":260900,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Change Management","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116721403","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":"International market selection, entry mode decisions and psychic distance for SMEs","authors":"B. Francioni","doi":"10.1504/IJSCM.2014.060256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSCM.2014.060256","url":null,"abstract":"The principal aim of this paper was to examine the internationalisation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) with reference to the International Market Selection (IMS) and Entry Mode Selection (EMS) processes. To accomplish this, an investigation of the primary factors influencing IMS and EMS was conducted. Moreover, we sought to understand whether there was a relationship between the importance of Psychic Distance (PD) during these two processes and the characteristics of SMEs. Results revealed that SMEs are influenced by many factors, except by PD. A weak relationship between the number of markets and the influence of PD on EMS existed.","PeriodicalId":260900,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Change Management","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124699007","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":"Do management control systems foster or hamper middle managers’ entrepreneurial engagement?","authors":"Stefan Linder, Simon Torp","doi":"10.1504/IJSCM.2014.060257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSCM.2014.060257","url":null,"abstract":"Fostering entrepreneurial behaviour has become a key necessity for established firms today and is attracting increasingly scholarly attention. Surprisingly, the role of Management Control Systems (MCS) has, however, remained underexplored. Given their pervasiveness in practice, this seems unfortunate. This even more so as MCS have often been portrayed as at odds with creative or innovative activities. Relying on a sample of Denmark’s 500 largest firms, we test the impact of key MCS on middle managers’ engagement in entrepreneurial behaviour. Results support both a positive as well as a negative view on MCS’ role for entrepreneurship: Some MCS are positively related, while others are negatively related. Thus, the choice of appropriate MCS provides a lever by which top managers can influence the level of entrepreneurship in their firms.","PeriodicalId":260900,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Change Management","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132613307","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":"Joining supply and demand conditions of IT enabled change: toward an economic theory of inter-firm modularisation","authors":"J. Gebauer, Joseph T. Mahoney","doi":"10.1504/IJSCM.2014.060259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSCM.2014.060259","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines emergent information systems and technologies and explains under what supply and demand conditions inter-firm modularization of information-based products and services and subsequent vertical de-integration of organizations is more likely. Research in organizational economics identifies transactional attributes such as coordination costs, asset specificity, and the economic non-separability problem to help explain and predict vertical de-integration. We extend this perspective by considering the modularization of information-based products and services that is noticeable to the customer to develop a framework that joins the four cornerstones of (1) transaction-related efforts; (2) commitment-related contractual risks; (3) measurement-related contractual risks; and (4) modularization-related impacts on value.","PeriodicalId":260900,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Strategic Change Management","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114463810","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}