Administrative Science Quarterly Online Table of Contents Alert
A new issue of Administrative Science Quarterly is available online:
June 2017; Vol. 62, No. 2
Summer is near and it heats up everywhere (France too); it is almost too much. So where are the coolest heads and hottest findings? ASQ, of course! Here is a new issue, with 5 new articles and a letter from the editor, all full of wisdom and new findings (at least the articles). We also have blogs for all the articles, so you can click on the blog for the one-page scoop. So what are publishing this time? Here it is:
From the Editor
Henrich R. Greve
Here I make a call for making the presentation of empirical evidence more exciting, closer to the data, and more customized to the theory and empirical context. Papers in our field cover so many topics that they should show greater variation in evidence presentation, and we should also benefit from the advances in evidence presentation made in other fields. Time to catch up! ASQ has updated its invitation to contributors and submission guidelines, so please check these at our journal home page.
Articles
Seeing More than Orange: Organizational Respect and Positive Identity Transformation in a Prison Context
Kristie M. Rogers, Kevin G. Corley, Blake E. Ashforth
This study follows Televerde, an organization that operates call centers staffed by prison inmates, and has a mission to develop their workers through encouragement and respect. It gives a fascinating look at how the transformation of the workers happens and affects their identity and their behaviors.
Blog post is here
How Nascent Occupations Construct a Mandate: The Case of Service Designers' Ethos
Anne-Laure Fayard, Ileana Stigliani, Beth A. Bechky
This study follows the establishment of a new occupation, service designer, and the development and use of tools to gain a mandate for this occupation's work, in a contest with occupations already performed similar tasks. Developing a special ethos was an important part of the mandate.
Blog post is here
These Unequal States: Corporate Organization and Income Inequality in the United States
J. Adam Cobb, Flannery G. Stevens
This study takes a close look at how firms affect income inequality, and gives warnings to all those who observe (and sometimes celebrate) the rise of small firms. Not only do large firms have lower internal income inequality, as we have known for a while, but they also act to reduce income inequality in firms around them. Comparisons matter for pay, both within firms and across them.
Blog post is here
Activist Choice Homophily and the Crowdfunding of Female Founders
Jason Greenberg, Ethan Mollick
Discrimination is known from many contexts, such as promotion, pay, and financing for venture startup. Is there a counter-effect? This study shows how the discriminated help each other, with females targeting female founders for investment.
Blog post is here
State Ownership and Firm Innovation in China: An Integrated View of Institutional and Efficiency Logics
Kevin Zheng Zhou, Gerald Yong Gao, Hongxin Zhao
This study looks at how state ownership can be useful for firms – or not. The idea is that there can be a tradeoff between easier access to resources and ability to execute well. And, it seems to be true, a little state support is better than a lot, and early state support is better than late.
Blog post is here
Book Reviews
Robert H. Frank: Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy
David A. Kirsch
Xabier Itçaina, Antoine Roger, and Andy Smith: Varietals of Capitalism: A Political Economy of the Changing Wine Industry
Royston Greenwood
Hwy-Chang Moon: The Strategy for Korea's Economic Success
Yujin Jeong, Jordan I. Siegel
Earl Boebert and James M. Blossom: Deepwater Horizon: A Systems Analysis of the Macondo Disaster
Karl E. Weick
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Henrich R. Greve, INSEAD
Editor, Administrative Science Quarterly
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