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dc.contributor.authorKuvaas, Bård
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-04T12:20:21Z
dc.date.available2011-02-04T12:20:21Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/162558
dc.description.abstractManagers in organizations are continuously confronted by an array of ambiguous data and -vaguely felt stimuli which they must somehow order, explicate and imbue with meaning before they decide on how to respond. This study of -162 -members of organizations' top management teams employed a cross-level analysis to investigate how individual-, group- and organizational-level factors relate to how managers diagnose strategic issues. Findings show that managers' cognitive style, the information processing structure of top management teams, and organizational scanning, 'each are uniquely related to how managers makes sense of environmental trends or events. Thus, contrary to previous issue interpretation research, individual characteristics were found to be related to strategic issue diagnosis. Moreover, different forms of organizational scanning were differently associated with managers' sensemaking. Finally, the relationship between cognitive style and strategic issue diagnosis was moderated by the level of organizational information processing. The discussion addresses the implications of these findings for future research on strategic issue diagnosis.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherNorges handelshøyskoleen
dc.titleStrategic issue diagnosis : the roles of organizational scanning, information processing structure of top management teams, and managers' cognitive complexityen
dc.typeDoctoral thesisen
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Økonomi: 210::Bedriftsøkonomi: 213en


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