Organizational Decline and Innovation: A Contingency Framework
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In: Academy of Management Review, Vol. 23, No. 1, 01.01.1998, p. 115-132.
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T1 - Organizational Decline and Innovation
T2 - A Contingency Framework
AU - Mone, Mark A.
AU - McKinley, William
AU - Barker III, Vincent L.
PY - 1998/1/1
Y1 - 1998/1/1
N2 - An examination of the diverse literature on organizational decline shows that there is disagreement regarding the effects of decline on innovation. Some research streams suggest that organizational decline interferes with an organization's capacity to innovate, whereas other research implies just the opposite: organizational decline stimulates innovation. In this article we integrate the inconsistent perspectives and findings in these research streams by developing a contingency model. The model identifies variables at the environmental, organizational, and individual levels of analysis that determine whether organizational decline inhibits or stimulates innovation. We summarize the moderating effects of these variables with empirically testable propositions and discuss implications of the framework for future research and management practice.
AB - An examination of the diverse literature on organizational decline shows that there is disagreement regarding the effects of decline on innovation. Some research streams suggest that organizational decline interferes with an organization's capacity to innovate, whereas other research implies just the opposite: organizational decline stimulates innovation. In this article we integrate the inconsistent perspectives and findings in these research streams by developing a contingency model. The model identifies variables at the environmental, organizational, and individual levels of analysis that determine whether organizational decline inhibits or stimulates innovation. We summarize the moderating effects of these variables with empirically testable propositions and discuss implications of the framework for future research and management practice.
KW - Management studies
KW - Organizational Death
KW - Contingency theory
KW - Downsizing of organizations
KW - Resistance to change
KW - Organizational Power
KW - Attribution
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0032351437&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5465/AMR.1998.192965
DO - 10.5465/AMR.1998.192965
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 23
SP - 115
EP - 132
JO - Academy of Management Review
JF - Academy of Management Review
SN - 0363-7425
IS - 1
ER -