POLITICS OF STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING IN HIGH-VELOCITY ENVIRONMENTS: TOWARD A MIDRANGE THEORY.
Academy of Management JournalPublished 1 December 1988
Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, L. J. Bourgeois
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This work induced a midrange theory linking power, politics, and performance from a database of decision-making processes in the “high-velocity” microcomputer industry.
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How do politics affect the strategic decision processes of top executives in the “high-velocity” microcomputer industry? We induced a midrange theory linking power, politics, and performance from a...
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