To the surprise of many in the West, the fall of the USSR in 1991 did not lead to the adoption of... more To the surprise of many in the West, the fall of the USSR in 1991 did not lead to the adoption of liberal democratic government around the world and the much anticipated “end of history.” In fact, authoritarianism has made a comeback, and liberal democracy has been on the retreat for at least the last 15 years culminating in the unthinkable: the invasion of a democratic European country by an authoritarian regime. But why does authoritarianism continue to spread, not only as an alternative to liberal democracy, but also within many liberal democracies where authoritarian leaders continue to gain strength and popularity? In this curated piece, contributors discuss some of the potential contributions of management scholarship to understanding authoritarianism, as well as highlight a number of directions for management research in this area.
The challenge of integration, namely, the bridging across different intellectual paradigms to com... more The challenge of integration, namely, the bridging across different intellectual paradigms to combine empirical insights into a coherent and plausible explanation, is endemic to mixed methods research. In this article, we address this challenge in two ways: first, by drawing attention to the role that theoretical integration plays in mixed methods research as a complement to empirical integration and second, by broadening the repertoire of strategies for enhancing the interplay of theoretical and empirical elements in a mixed methods study. We use the technique of relational algorithms, a linguistic exercise designed to produce “novel relations between pairs of things” by experimenting with different words that can connect theory and empirics. We propose that connector words (e.g., along, near, within) can forge linkages between quantitative and qualitative methods that extend the simple coupling implied by and. We advance five strategies of integration, two that are commonly used i...
Notions of culture as a toolkit (Swidler, 1986, 2001; Weber, 2005) and institutions as enablers o... more Notions of culture as a toolkit (Swidler, 1986, 2001; Weber, 2005) and institutions as enablers of sensemaking and identity construction (Glynn, 2008; Weber & Glynn, 2006; Weick, 1995) have shifted...
This book brings together contributions from researchers in anthropology, psy- chology, communica... more This book brings together contributions from researchers in anthropology, psy- chology, communications, sociology, and cognitive science who are interested in redefining the methods and topics that constitute the study of work. They investi- gate work activity in ways that do ...
Research in the sociology of organizations, Jul 9, 2010
... Effects of Institutional Myths on Financial Regulation ... Because our research questions foc... more ... Effects of Institutional Myths on Financial Regulation ... Because our research questions focus on understanding the social construction of historical institutions, we employed ... material from the data, (6) remain constantly mindful of distinguishing between evidence and interpretation ...
We develop a theory-based measure of adults' playfulness, the Adult Playfulness Scale. Five s... more We develop a theory-based measure of adults' playfulness, the Adult Playfulness Scale. Five studies, conducted in laboratory and field sites with over 300 individuals, examine the psychometric properties and correlates of playfulness. As expected, playfulness relates to a set of psychological traits, including cognitive spontaneity and creativity, as well as to functional orientation and rank. No definitive relationships were found, however, between adults' playfulness and gender or age, but playfulness related positively to work outcomes, including task evaluations, perceptions, involvement, and performance, and provided more predictive efficacy than other psychological constructs studied here. Finally, the Adult Playfulness Scale demonstrates good reliability and shows promise for the study of playfulness in the workplace.
This study extends the nomological net of the 1992 Adult Playfulness Scale of Glynn and Webster b... more This study extends the nomological net of the 1992 Adult Playfulness Scale of Glynn and Webster by examining concurrent validity using a sample of 550 highly intelligent adults. Playfulness correlated positively with innovative attitudes, intrinsic motivational orientation, and negatively with personal orderliness. Playfulness did not correlate with gender or social desirability and had a low correlation with age. These findings extend the validity of the scale and suggest its applicability for different subgroups of employees in the workplace.
To the surprise of many in the West, the fall of the USSR in 1991 did not lead to the adoption of... more To the surprise of many in the West, the fall of the USSR in 1991 did not lead to the adoption of liberal democratic government around the world and the much anticipated “end of history.” In fact, authoritarianism has made a comeback, and liberal democracy has been on the retreat for at least the last 15 years culminating in the unthinkable: the invasion of a democratic European country by an authoritarian regime. But why does authoritarianism continue to spread, not only as an alternative to liberal democracy, but also within many liberal democracies where authoritarian leaders continue to gain strength and popularity? In this curated piece, contributors discuss some of the potential contributions of management scholarship to understanding authoritarianism, as well as highlight a number of directions for management research in this area.
The challenge of integration, namely, the bridging across different intellectual paradigms to com... more The challenge of integration, namely, the bridging across different intellectual paradigms to combine empirical insights into a coherent and plausible explanation, is endemic to mixed methods research. In this article, we address this challenge in two ways: first, by drawing attention to the role that theoretical integration plays in mixed methods research as a complement to empirical integration and second, by broadening the repertoire of strategies for enhancing the interplay of theoretical and empirical elements in a mixed methods study. We use the technique of relational algorithms, a linguistic exercise designed to produce “novel relations between pairs of things” by experimenting with different words that can connect theory and empirics. We propose that connector words (e.g., along, near, within) can forge linkages between quantitative and qualitative methods that extend the simple coupling implied by and. We advance five strategies of integration, two that are commonly used i...
Notions of culture as a toolkit (Swidler, 1986, 2001; Weber, 2005) and institutions as enablers o... more Notions of culture as a toolkit (Swidler, 1986, 2001; Weber, 2005) and institutions as enablers of sensemaking and identity construction (Glynn, 2008; Weber & Glynn, 2006; Weick, 1995) have shifted...
This book brings together contributions from researchers in anthropology, psy- chology, communica... more This book brings together contributions from researchers in anthropology, psy- chology, communications, sociology, and cognitive science who are interested in redefining the methods and topics that constitute the study of work. They investi- gate work activity in ways that do ...
Research in the sociology of organizations, Jul 9, 2010
... Effects of Institutional Myths on Financial Regulation ... Because our research questions foc... more ... Effects of Institutional Myths on Financial Regulation ... Because our research questions focus on understanding the social construction of historical institutions, we employed ... material from the data, (6) remain constantly mindful of distinguishing between evidence and interpretation ...
We develop a theory-based measure of adults' playfulness, the Adult Playfulness Scale. Five s... more We develop a theory-based measure of adults' playfulness, the Adult Playfulness Scale. Five studies, conducted in laboratory and field sites with over 300 individuals, examine the psychometric properties and correlates of playfulness. As expected, playfulness relates to a set of psychological traits, including cognitive spontaneity and creativity, as well as to functional orientation and rank. No definitive relationships were found, however, between adults' playfulness and gender or age, but playfulness related positively to work outcomes, including task evaluations, perceptions, involvement, and performance, and provided more predictive efficacy than other psychological constructs studied here. Finally, the Adult Playfulness Scale demonstrates good reliability and shows promise for the study of playfulness in the workplace.
This study extends the nomological net of the 1992 Adult Playfulness Scale of Glynn and Webster b... more This study extends the nomological net of the 1992 Adult Playfulness Scale of Glynn and Webster by examining concurrent validity using a sample of 550 highly intelligent adults. Playfulness correlated positively with innovative attitudes, intrinsic motivational orientation, and negatively with personal orderliness. Playfulness did not correlate with gender or social desirability and had a low correlation with age. These findings extend the validity of the scale and suggest its applicability for different subgroups of employees in the workplace.
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