The Enactment of Organizational Decline: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
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In: International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2002, p. 55-75.
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T1 - The Enactment of Organizational Decline
T2 - The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
AU - Edwards, John C.
AU - McKinley, William
AU - Moon, Gyewan
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Building on the enactment perspective and past work on the self‐fulfilling prophecy, this paper explores how organizational decline can be enacted through self‐fulfilling prophecies of decline. We present two self‐fulfilling prophecy‐based models of organizational decline, one in which decline is enacted unintentionally through the predictions of an organization's managers, and a second in which decline is enacted unintentionally through the predictions of external constituencies. We articulate propositions that capture the dynamics of each model and that are intended as a platform for future empirical research. We also discuss the implications of our theoretical framework for future theory development on the causes of organizational decline, and offer suggestions for managers who wish to avoid organizational decline.
AB - Building on the enactment perspective and past work on the self‐fulfilling prophecy, this paper explores how organizational decline can be enacted through self‐fulfilling prophecies of decline. We present two self‐fulfilling prophecy‐based models of organizational decline, one in which decline is enacted unintentionally through the predictions of an organization's managers, and a second in which decline is enacted unintentionally through the predictions of external constituencies. We articulate propositions that capture the dynamics of each model and that are intended as a platform for future empirical research. We also discuss the implications of our theoretical framework for future theory development on the causes of organizational decline, and offer suggestions for managers who wish to avoid organizational decline.
KW - Management studies
U2 - 10.1108/eb028944
DO - 10.1108/eb028944
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 10
SP - 55
EP - 75
JO - International Journal of Organizational Analysis
JF - International Journal of Organizational Analysis
SN - 1934-8835
IS - 1
ER -