Research in Organizational Behavior, Volume 27: An Annual Series of Analytical Essays and Critical Reviews (Research in Organizational Behavior) PDF
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RESEARCH IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR i RESEARCH IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR Series Editors: Barry M. Staw and L. L. Cummings Volumes 1–20: Research in Organizational Behavior – An Annual Series of Analytical Essays and Critical Reviews Series Editors: Barry M. Staw and Robert I. Sutton Volumes 21–23: Research in Organizational Behavior – An Annual Series of Analytical Essays and Critical Reviews Series Editors: Barry M. Staw and Roderick M. Kramer Volume 24: Research in Organizational Behavior – An Annual Series of Analytical Essays and Critical Reviews Volume 25: Research in Organizational Behavior – An Annual Series of Analytical Essays and Critical Reviews Volume 26: Research in Organizational Behavior – An Annual Series ofAnalytical Essays and Critical Reviews ii RESEARCH IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR VOLUME 27 RESEARCH IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AN ANNUAL SERIES OF ANALYTICAL ESSAYS AND CRITICAL REVIEWS EDITED BY BARRY M. STAW Haas School of Business, University of California, USA Amsterdam – Boston – Heidelberg – London – New York – Oxford Paris – San Diego – San Francisco – Singapore – Sydney – Tokyo JAIPressisanimprintofElsevier iii JAIPressisanimprintofElsevier TheBoulevard,LangfordLane,Kidlington,OxfordOX51GB,UK Radarweg29,POBox211,1000AEAmsterdam,TheNetherlands 525BStreet,Suite1900,SanDiego,CA92101-4495,USA Firstedition2006 Copyrightr2006ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeanselectronic,mechanical,photocopying, recordingorotherwisewithoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthepublisher PermissionsmaybesoughtdirectlyfromElsevier’sScience&TechnologyRights DepartmentinOxford,UK:phone(+44)(0)1865843830;fax(+44)(0)1865853333; email:permissions@elsevier.com.Alternativelyyoucansubmityourrequestonlineby visitingtheElsevierwebsiteathttp://elsevier.com/locate/permissions,andselecting ObtainingpermissiontouseElseviermaterial Notice Noresponsibilityisassumedbythepublisherforanyinjuryand/ordamagetopersons orpropertyasamatterofproductsliability,negligenceorotherwise,orfromanyuse oroperationofanymethods,products,instructionsorideascontainedinthematerial herein.Becauseofrapidadvancesinthemedicalsciences,inparticular,independent verificationofdiagnosesanddrugdosagesshouldbemade BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN-13: 978-0-7623-1335-8 ISBN-10: 0-7623-1335-8 ISSN: 0191-3085(Series) ForinformationonallJAIPresspublications visitourwebsiteatbooks.elsevier.com PrintedandboundinTheNetherlands 06 07 08 09 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 iv CONTENTS LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS vii PREFACE ix PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR Brent W. Roberts 1 EMPOWERMENT THROUGH CHOICE? A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF CHOICE IN ORGANIZATIONS Roy Yong-Joo Chua and Sheena S. Iyengar 41 IDEAS ARE BORN IN FIELDS OF PLAY: TOWARDS A THEORY OF PLAY AND CREATIVITY IN ORGANIZATIONAL SETTINGS Charalampos Mainemelis and Sarah Ronson 81 ‘‘HOW MUCH IS IT WORTH TO YOU? SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS OF HELP IN ORGANIZATIONS’’ Francis J. Flynn 133 HOW, WHEN, AND WHY BAD APPLES SPOIL THE BARREL: NEGATIVE GROUP MEMBERS AND DYSFUNCTIONAL GROUPS Will Felps, Terence R. Mitchell and Eliza Byington 175 v vi CONTENTS TOWARD A SYSTEMS THEORY OF MOTIVATED BEHAVIOR IN WORK TEAMS Gilad Chen and Ruth Kanfer 223 CODE BREAKING: HOW ENTREPRENEURS EXPLOIT CULTURAL LOGICS TO GENERATE INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE Hayagreeva Rao and Simona Giorgi 269 ROADS TO INSTITUTIONALIZATION: THE REMAKING OF BOUNDARIES BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCIENCE Jeannette A. Colyvas and Walter W. Powell 305 THESTEWARDSHIPOFTHETEMPORALCOMMONS Allen C. Bluedorn and Mary J. Waller 355 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Allen C. Bluedorn Department of Management, University of Missouri – Columbia, Columbia, MO, USA Eliza Byington School of Business, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA (student) Gilad Chen Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, MD, USA Roy Yong-Joo Chua Columbia Business School, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Jeannette A. Colyvas School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA Will Felps School of Business, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Francis J. Flynn Columbia Business School, New York, NY, USA Simona Giorgi Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA Sheena S. Iyengar Columbia Business School, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Ruth Kanfer School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA Charalampos Mainemelis Department of Organizational Behavior, London Business School, London, UK Terence R. Mitchell School of Business, University of Washington, WA, USA Walter W. Powell School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA vii viii LIST OFCONTRIBUTORS Hayagreeva Rao Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA Brent W. Roberts Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, USA Sarah Ronson Department of Organizational Behavior, London Business School, London, UK Mary J. Waller School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands PREFACE This 27th volume of Research in Organizational Behavior carries forward the tradition of high-level scholarship on a broad array of organizational topics.Likemanypreviousvolumes,thiscollectionistrulyinterdisciplinary. It contains chapters ranging from personality and decision making in or- ganizations, to interpersonal dynamics such as helping and group process, to organizational-level analyses of legitimization and change. Thevolumebeginswiththreechaptersthatreformulatesomelong-stand- ing issues concerning individual behavior in organizations. In the first chapter, Brent Roberts takes a fresh look at personality development and change over the life-course. Instead of the usual dichotomy of person vs. situationeffects,Robertsaddressesboththecontinuityanddevelopmentof personality as individuals enter and interact with organizations over time. Withanewtheoreticalmodel,theneo-socioanalyticframework,thischapter resolves person-situation debates by elaborating the appropriate unit of analysis for individual differences as well as the paths by which individuals and situations mutually influence each other. Inthesecondchapter,RoyChuaandSheenaIyengarre-examinetherole of choice in organizational life. Although much psychological theory and researchtoutsthepositiveroleofchoice,suggestingthatitconferspersonal agency and intrinsic motivation, Chua and Iyengar note how people’s de- cision making and well-being may be impaired by too much choice. They show that, when confronted with a set of undesirable or stressful choices, people tend to delay choosing, shift the responsibility to others, or opt not to choose at all. Even when there are equally attractive alternatives from whichtochoose,peopletendtodeferdecisionsorrelyonthedefaultoption. Thus, while Americans and other Westerners widely endorse the idea that ‘‘more choice is better,’’ the actual consequences of choice may not so be- nign, with important implications for issues such as job design, procedural justice, and leadership. For the third chapter, Charalampos Mainemelis and Sarah Ronson dis- cuss the many ways play and creativity are inextricably bound. They per- suasively argue that play, either as a form of engagement with work tasks or as a form of diversion from work, can help to stimulate creativity. By ix
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