...Pouya Derayati Purpose This paper seeks to explore the effect of performance duration (rather than intensity) on the subsequent initiation of strategic change by firms. Specifically, the effect of outperformance and underperformance duration on strategic change, as well as the moderating effect...

...Shinhye Ahn; Cecile K. Cho; Theresa S. Cho Purpose This study investigates how a firm's regulatory focus (i.e. promotion and prevention foci) affects growth- and efficiency-oriented strategic change, highlighting the role of organizational-level regulatory focus as a cognitive frame within which...

...Xin Liu; Guclu Atinc Purpose Drawing on the literature on CEO succession research and impression management, the present study examines how the selection of CEO successors affects their motivation to initiate postsuccession strategic change. Based on the perspective of reference-dependence...

...Linlin Wang; Wan Jiang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how the magnitude of strategic change may be influenced by Chief executive officer (CEO) underpayment relative to comparison CEOs. Based on equity theory, the authors propose that compensation inequity motivates underpaid CEOs...

... an integrative model of diversity, taking the Upper Echelon Theory further. Design/methodology/approach – The model proposed tests the influence of job-related and non-job-related (or task-related) top management team (TMT) diversity on firm performance and strategic change. The mediation effect...

... of organisations, providing breadth and depth of data for analysis. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Decision making Downsizing Organizational restructuring Strategic change Learning organizations One of the primary motivations for organisational downsizing and restructuring...

... be contacted at: amanda.langley@northampton.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Strategic change Strategic choices Pharmaceuticals industry There has been much debate in the literature about the sources of organisational competitive advantage. Thomas and Pollock (1999...

...Irene Goll; Nancy Brown Johnson; Abdul A. Rasheed Purpose This paper seeks to examine the relationships between knowledge capability, strategic change, and firm performance in the US airline industry from regulation to deregulation. Design/methodology/approach This is a longitudinal study...

..., with companies shifting their environmental stance along the nonlinear and evolutive paths. In addition, top management attitude towards the environment and a firm's slack resources are found to be significantly related to environmental strategic change. Research limitations/implications The research well...

... and explore the underlying assumptions that are often taken for granted (Figure 1). S. Kothari can be contacted at: sherry.Kothari@sheffield.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Universities Skills Strategic change A Governmental drive to foster an enterprising...

...Jane James; Stephen Linstead Purpose To demonstrate that aesthetic approaches, including poetry and music, can be used to help managers to explore issues of culture and its relation to decision making and strategic change. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, these possibilities...