Organizational Structure, Environment and Performance: The Role of Strategic Choice

Child, John

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“…For instance, firm size is positively correlated with organizational complexity, formalization, vertical differentiation, and diversification (Blau and Schoenherr 1971;Child 1972;Kalleberg and Van Buren 1994;Kimberly 1976), and has been found to have a profound effect on the organization of work (see Baron and Bielby 1984). In fact, firm size is the organizational characteristic most frequently used in studies of stratification (Kalleberg and Van Buren 1996;Villemez and Bridges 1988).…”

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Growing Apart: The Changing Firm-Size Wage Premium and Its Inequality Consequences

Cobb

Lin

2017

Organization Science

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Wage inequality in the United States has risen dramatically over the past few decades, prompting scholars to develop a number of theoretical accounts for the upward trend. This study argues that large firms have been a prominent labor-market institution that mitigates inequality. By compensating their low-and middle-wage employees with a greater premium than their higher-wage counterparts, large U.S. firms reduced overall wage dispersion. Yet, broader changes to employment relations associated with the demise of internal labor markets and the emergence of alternative employment arrangements have undermined large firms' role as an equalizing institution. Using data from the Current Population Survey and the Survey of Income and Program Participation, we find that in 1989, although all private-sector workers benefited from a firm-size wage premium, the premium was significantly higher for individuals at the lower end and middle of the wage distribution compared to those at the higher end. Between 1989 and 2014, the average firm-size wage premium declined markedly. The decline, however, was exclusive to those at the lower end and middle of the wage distribution, while there was no change for those at the higher end. As such, the uneven declines in the premium across the wage spectrum could account for about 20% of rising wage inequality during this period, suggesting that firms are of great importance to the study of rising inequality.Keywords firm-size wage premium, inequality, internal labor market, employment relationship Disciplines Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsThis journal article is available at ScholarlyCommons:

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Growing Apart: The Changing Firm-Size Wage Premium and Its Inequality Consequences

Cobb

Lin

2017

Organization Science

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“…Outra justificativa para a inclusão do ambiente competitivo nos estudos do desempenho é a perspectiva de Child (1972) (Simerly & Li, 2000). (2000), espera-se que as características particulares do ambiente de uma indústria afetem as firmas de modo semelhante, enquanto, dentro de cada firma, o sucesso depende da adoção de mecanismos de resposta apropriados para tratar os fatores ambientais.…”

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“…As decisões estratégicas são definidas em confluência com a área de atuação das firmas, com os padrões de desempenho esperados para si e de modo a equilibrar as pressões oriundas das restrições econômicas; ou seja, a firma opera em um ambiente particular com objetivos de desempenho definidos (Child, 1972).…”

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Influências Não Lineares Da Indústria No Desempenho Da Firma

De-Carvalho

Dias

2016

Rev. adm. empres.

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The non-linear industry effects on firm performance Influencias no lineales de la industria en el desempeño de la empresa RESUMOEsta pesquisa tem por objetivo investigar o efeito do ambiente da indústria no desempenho da firma, por meio de um modelo de regressão múltipla não linear. As amostras por período variam de 178 (2005) a 252 (2012) firmas brasileiras de capital aberto, ativas no período de 2005 a 2012. A análise por decomposição da variância permitiu a identificação de tendência de incremento da influência da rivalidade no desempenho da firma, ao passo que a relação quadrática aponta para um ponto ótimo do efeito da rivalidade na indústria que, caso ultrapassado, poderá provocar efeito inverso na lucratividade. Tais resultados estão alinhados com a perspectiva de que, quanto maior a rivalidade, mensurada por meio da receita dos concorrentes, maior a possibilidade de obtenção de receitas originadas da venda de produtos, até o ponto em que a intensidade da rivalidade passa a dificultar o acesso a recursos oriundos das vendas. PALAVRAS-CHAVE RAE-Revista de Administração de Empresas | FGV/EAESP

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“…Dess & Beard, 1984). Additionally, we put specific focus on the idea that management observations, specifically concerning the decisionmaking, form strategic option and uncertainty of market (Child, 1972). In the same way, Sharfman and Dean (1991) described that environment of an organization consists of external flow of information that is established by law through beliefs and attention.…”

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Improving cycle time performance: the role of market turbulence and cultural competitiveness

Kalyar

Sabir

Shafique

2013

Production & Manufacturing Research

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Supply chains are getting increasing substance but the antecedents of their failure and success are not clearly identified till yet. The main aim of this study is to examine the influence of Cultural Competitiveness (CC), Market Turbulence (MT), and Knowledge Development (KD) on the performance of cycle time. The conceptual framework is proposed based upon extensive literature review. For this study, data was collected from 91 respondent manufacturing organizations. Upon assuring the reliability and validity of the constructs, correlation and hierarchical regression were used to test the hypotheses. Findings reveal that CC and MT have positive impact on cycle time. KD has insignificant association with performance of cycle time. No joint relationship of CC and KD, MT and CC, and MT and KD was found affecting the performance of cycle time. Practically, it is difficult to achieve dramatic reorientation of supply chains, and it is less likely that the failure of the two elements (CC and MT) can be quickly remedied. Our results indicate that such businesses can benefit from building CC -with the focus on MT -it will ensure that the company has at least some of the advantages of reducing cycle time.

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Organizational Structure, Environment and Performance: The Role of Strategic Choice

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Growing Apart: The Changing Firm-Size Wage Premium and Its Inequality Consequences

Growing Apart: The Changing Firm-Size Wage Premium and Its Inequality Consequences

Influências Não Lineares Da Indústria No Desempenho Da Firma

Improving cycle time performance: the role of market turbulence and cultural competitiveness

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