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In this paper we identify two situations that can lead a firm to hire an executive who supports a corporate culture that differs from the firm's current culture. In the first case, there is similarity between the firm's culture and that of the candidate and in the second case, executives who...
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accuracy are low. To forecast the two innovation-related performance outcomes well, we only need to include a set of variables … startup characteristics to forecast the performance of newly started enterprises over a five years' time horizon. The … performance outcomes we consider are involuntary exit, above-average employment growth, a return on assets of above 20 percent …
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Building on job matching theory, we model the effect of collective turnover on workplace performance as the total of … turnover level. The resulting theoretical turnover-performance relationship is generally curvilinear, nesting all the hitherto …
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Corporate success often resembles a snowball. We show how initial luck in hiring talented people, the resulting technological advantage, superior corporate culture, and status-seeking by workers can make small initial differences generate large differences over time.
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innovation with administrative performance appraisal also enjoy higher performance. Finally, when the firm competes on the basis …In this study, we address the relationship between performance appraisal and competitive strategy, as well as the … impact of this relationship on firm performance. The results indicate that the adoption of developmental performance …
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One expects those who lead organisations to affect their performance. If not why would organisations spend so much time … leaders and organisational performance. Using game-by-game linked employer-employee data for professional football in four … countries over fifteen seasons we compare the performance of teams after they have sacked their Head Coach with spells where the …
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We explore whether the introduction of trust based working hours is related to the subsequent innovation performance of … adoption of trust based working hours and innovation seems to be driven by the degree of control and self-management over …
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the personality characteristic of generalized self-efficacy influences start-up performance as measured by a broad set of … well as growthoriented outcomes such as job creation and innovation. We find statistically significant and economically … stronger when focusing on the growth-oriented outcome of innovation. Furthermore, we observe that generalized self-efficacy is …
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predictor of creative achievement. It plays a significant role in the business organization's innovation process and the … hypothesize that divergent thinking has a lasting effect on post-launch entrepreneurial outcomes related to innovation and growth … founders, which we observe up until 40 months after start-up. We find strong relative effects for innovation and growth …
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greater survival is achieved when startups engage successfully in both product innovation and process innovation, with a key …
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