Administrative Science Quarterly Online Table of Contents Alert
A new issue of Administrative Science Quarterly is available online:
March 2016; Vol. 61, No. 1
In spring a young scholar's fancy turns to . . . ASQ, of course! What's that? It isn't spring yet? Hey, we can't help it-we've got so much great content raring to get published that we're a bit early with our March issue.
What kind of content are we talking about? So glad you asked.
Articles
60th Anniversary Essay: Ruminations on How We Became a Mystery House and How We Might Get Out
Stephen R. Barley
On the guest essayist throne for this issue is former ASQ Editor Steve Barley, who accepted a challenge to respond to an essay I wrote last year questioning "What Is Organizational Research For?" His response is a gem that pushes us to question how novelty became the end-all, be-all of organizational theory; what kinds of monsters that obsession has created; and what our field can do to find a meaningful way forward.
Distributed Attention and Shared Emotions in the Innovation Process: How Nokia Lost the Smartphone Battle
Timo O. Vuori and Quy N. Huy
This fascinating qualitative study tracks Nokia's fall from dominance in the smartphone industry and examines how fear-of competitors, shareholders, supervisors, and coworkers-may have contributed to it.
Environmental Demands and the Emergence of Social Structure: Technological Dynamism and Interorganizational Network Forms
Adam Tatarynowicz, Maxim Sytch, and Ranjay Gulati
Firms in technologically dynamic industries need constant access to new and diverse resources, and firms in technologically stable industries want to preserve their existing resources. This study considers how these needs translate into different collaborations, networks, and community structures.
The Specialist Discount: Negative Returns for MBAs with Focused Profiles in Investment Banking
Jennifer Merluzzi and Damon J. Phillips
Smacking down the notion that specialists always get the bigger bucks, this study shows that in some labor markets specialization may actually be penalized. Anyone in a position to offer advice to MBA students may find this piece of particular interest.
State Capacity, Minority Shareholder Protections, and Stock Market Development
Mauro F. Guillén and Laurence Capron
Why do severe economic and financial distress, corporate scandals, and rogue behavior by managers and traders linger even after corporate governance rules have been tightened? This study looks at the influence of state capacity on which policy models policymakers select and adopt, whether they implement those models effectively, and what the consequences of adoption are.
Book Reviews
Mikolaj Piskorski: A Social Strategy: How We Profit from Social Media
Olga Khessina
Christopher Bail: Terrified: How Anti-Muslim Fringe Organizations Became Mainstream
Mary-Hunter McDonnell
D. Christopher Kayes: Organizational Resilience: How Learning Sustains Organizations in Crisis, Disaster, and Breakdowns
Karl E. Weick
David B. Audretsch: Everything in Its Place: Entrepreneurship and the Strategic Management of Cities, Regions, and States
Laszlo Tihanyi
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