本文精选了管理学国际顶刊《Academy of Management Journal》近期发表的论文，提供管理学研究领域最新学术动态。

The Past Is Prologue? Venture-Capital Syndicates’ Collaborative Experience and Start-Up Exits

原刊和作者：

Academy of Management Journal 2022年 4月

Dan Wang （Columbia University）

Emily Cox Pahnke （University of Washington）

Rory M. McDonald （Harvard University）

Abstract

Past research has produced contradictory insights into how prior collaboration between organizations—their relational embeddedness—impacts collective collaborative performance. We theorize that the effect of relational embeddedness on collaborative success is contingent on the type of success under consideration, and we develop a typology of two kinds of success. We test our hypotheses using data from Crunchbase on a sample of almost 11,000 U.S. start-ups backed by venture-capital (VC) firms, using the VCs’ previous collaborative experience to predict the type of success that the start-ups will experience. Our findings indicate that as prior collaborative experience within a group of VCs increases, a jointly funded start-up is more likely to exit by acquisition (which we call a focused success); with less prior experience among the group of VCs, a jointly funded start-up is more likely to exit by initial public offering (a broadcast success). Our results deepen understanding of the connections between organizational performance and collaboration networks, contributing to entrepreneurship research on the role of investors in technology ventures.

Link: https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2019.1312

“I” Am Affirmed, but Are “We”? Social Identity Processes Influencing Refugees’ Work Initiative and Community Embeddedness

原刊和作者：

Academy of Management Journal 2022年 4月

John M. Schaubroeck （University of Missouri）

Ozgur Demirtas （Kayseri University）

Ann C. Peng （University of Missouri）

Dong Pei （University of Missouri）

Abstract

Facilitating refugees’ transitions to host country society is of interest to their host countries and municipalities, employers within those countries, and the refugees themselves. We develop and test a model of how social identity processes, as outlined in self-categorization theory, influence how perceiving that one is treated as an insider encourages behaviors reflecting social engagement with host country nationals, both within and outside of work. In a sample of 389 Syrian refugee employees in 88 supervisory units, perceived insider status was indirectly related to work initiative and community embeddedness through organizational identification. These indirect effects were moderated by diversity climate and perceived stigmatization of refugees in the broader society. Perceived insider status had its weakest effect on identification, and was not related indirectly to the outcomes when diversity climate was lower and perceived stigma was higher. We discuss the implications for theory development and practice concerning how social identity salience can inhibit personal affirmations at work from encouraging members of marginalized groups to demonstrate a deeper commitment to the organization and society.

Link: https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2020.0033

Big Fish versus Big Pond? Entrepreneurs, Established Firms, and Antecedents of Tie Formation

原刊和作者：

Academy of Management Journal 2022年 4月

Riitta Katila （Stanford University）

Henning Piezunka （INSEAD）

Philipp Reineke （Stanford University）

Kathleen M. Eisenhardt (Stanford University)

Abstract

Entrepreneurial and established firms form collaborative relationships to commercialize products. Through such ties, entrepreneurs seek (a) development help to hone ideas into marketable products and (b) access to markets. In most cases, entrepreneurs face a trade-off: they can be a big fish in a small pond, getting more attention and development help from a smaller firm with less market access, or a small fish in a big pond, getting less attention and help from a larger firm with more market access. Our study investigates what goes into choosing between these options. Drawing from resource dependence theory and an empirical study of tie formation between developers and publishers of PlayStation 2 video games, we develop and test a framework that identifies the key decision variables and focuses on two moderators—resource need evolution and resource uncertainty related to competition—that explain whether a big fish (more development help) or a big pond (more market access) drives tie formation. Our findings point to prospective peers as one of the significant decision criteria at tie formation and highlight the dynamic nature of resource dependence. Altogether, the results give resource dependence theory a dynamic element it has lacked in the past.

Link: https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2018.1197

How Other- and Self-Compassion Reduce Burnout through Resource Replenishment

原刊和作者：

Academy of Management Journal 2022年 4月

Kira Schabram （University of Washington）

Yu Tse Heng （University of Washington）

Abstract

The average employee feels burnt out, a multidimensional state of depletion likely to persist without intervention. In this paper, we consider compassion as an agentic action by which employees may replenish their own depleted resources and thereby recover. We draw on conservation of resources theory to examine the resource-generating power of two distinct expressions of compassion (self- and other-directed) on three dimensions of burnout (exhaustion, cynicism, inefficacy). Utilizing two complementary designs—a longitudinal field survey of 130 social service providers and an experiential sampling methodology with 100 business students across 10 days—we find a complex pattern of results indicating that both compassion expressions have the potential to generate salutogenic resources (self-control, belonging, self-esteem) that replenish different dimensions of burnout. Specifically, self-compassion remedies exhaustion and other-compassion remedies cynicism—directly or indirectly through resources—while the effects of self- and other-compassion on inefficacy vary. Our key takeaway is that compassion can indeed contribute to human sustainability in organizations, but only when the type of compassion provided generates resources that fit the idiosyncratic experience of burnout.

Link: https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2019.0493

Identity–Society (Mis)Alignment and the Instrumentalization of Firm Creation: Creative Destruction and Creative Reconstruction

Academy of Management Journal 2022年 4月

Shirah Foy （TBS Business School）

Marc Gruber （Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne）

Abstract

Research on founder identity has significantly advanced our understanding of entrepreneurship and related literatures. By departing from the widely held—though often implicit—assumption that culture defines the parameters of identity formation, this paper investigates how the alignment, or misalignment, between a founder’s identity and their perceived sociocultural context influences new firm creation. We engage in an in-depth qualitative study of 49 founders in Taiwan that reveals how founders’ identity structures can be (mis)aligned with their perceived social structures, and how the reinforcement or tensions generated by (mis)alignment can fuel the creation of fundamentally different types of ventures—including those that challenge the perceived sociocultural status quo with a social mission intended to push society toward a new equilibrium. Our theory of founder identity–society (mis)alignment is therefore able to specify a key mechanism linking the founder’s identity with perceived sociocultural context. Furthermore, we advance the influential Schumpeterian theory of creative destruction beyond the purely economic context to address the broader sociocultural environment and to incorporate the concept of creative reconstruction, in which entrepreneurs seek to restore elements of society past.

Link: https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2019.0754