Great Minds in Management: The Process of Theory Development

by Ken G. Smith (Editor), Michael A. Hitt (Editor)

Overview

In Great Minds In Management Ken G. Smith and Michael A. Hitt have brought together some of the most influential and original thinkers in management. Their contributions to this volume not only outline their landmark contributions to management theory, but also reflect on the process of theory development, presenting their own personal accounts of the gestation of these theories. The result is not only an ambitious and original panorama of the key ideas in management theory presented by their originators, but also a unique collection of reflections on the process of theory development, an area which to date little has been written about by those who have actually had experience of building theory. In their concluding chapter, Ken G. Smith and Michael A. Hitt draw together some common themes about the development of management theory over the last half a century, and suggest some of the conclusions to be drawn about how theory comes into being. Contributors: Chris Argyris, Albert Bandura, Jay B. Barney, Lee R. Beach, Kim Cameron, Michael R. Darby, Robert Folger, R. Edward Freeman, Michael Frese, J. Richard Hackman, Donald C. Hambrick, Michael A. Hitt, Anne S. Huff, Gary P. Latham, Edwin A. Locke, Henry Mintzberg, Terrence R. Mitchell, Richard T. Mowday, Ikujiro Nonaka, Greg R. Oldham, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Lyman W. Porter, Denise M. Rousseau, W. Richard Scott, Ken G. Smith, Barry M. Staw, Richard M. Steers, Victor H. Vroom, Karl E. Weick, Oliver E. Williamson, Sidney G. Winter, and Lynn Zucker,

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191500510
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	09/22/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Ken G. Smith is the Dean's Chaired Professor of Business Strategy at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland at College Park. Professor Smith is a former editor of the Academy of Management Review, and has co-authored and edited books on strategy and organizational cooperation. He is currently the President of the Academy of Management. Michael A. Hitt is a Distinguished Professor and holds the Joseph Foster Chair in Business Leadership and the C.W. and Dorothy Conn Chair in New Ventures at Texas A&M University.Professor Hitt has written and edited numerous books and articles, including recently Mergers and Acquisitions: A Guide to Creating Value for Stakeholders (OUP, 2001). Professor Hitt has received awards for his writing and research, including the Distinguished Service Award from the Academy of Management in 2001.

Table of Contents

List of Figures     ix
List of Tables     x
Acknowledgements     xi
List of Contributors     xii
Introduction: The Process of Developing Management Theory   Michael A. Hitt   Ken G. Smith     1
Individuals and Their Environment
The Evolution of Social Cognitive Theory   Albert Bandura     9
Image Theory   Lee R. Beach   Terence R. Mitchell     36
The Road to Fairness and Beyond   Robert Folger     55
Grand Theories and Mid-Range Theories: Cultural Effects on Theorizing and the Attempt to Understand Active Approaches to Work   Michael Frese     84
Upper Echelons Theory: Origins, Twists and Turns, and Lessons Learned   Donald C. Hambrick     109
Goal Setting Theory: Theory Building by Induction   Edwin A. Locke   Gary P. Latham     128
How Job Characteristics Theory Happened   Greg R. Oldham   J. Richard Hackman     151
Do Employee Attitudes towards Organizations Matter? The Study of Employee Commitment to Organizations   Lyman W. Porter   Richard M. Steers   Richard T. Mowday     171
Developing Psychological Contract Theory   Denise M. Rousseau     190
The Escalationof Commitment: Steps toward an Organizational Theory   Barry M. Staw     215
On the Origins of Expectancy Theory   Victor H. Vroom     239
Behavior of Organizations
Double-Loop Learning in Organizations: A Theory of Action Perspective   Chris Argyris     261
Where does Inequality Come from? The Personal and Intellectual Roots of Resource-Based Theory   Jay B. Barney     280
Organizational Effectiveness: Its Demise and Re-emergence through Positive Organizational Scholarship   Kim Cameron     304
Managerial and Organizational Cognition: Islands of Coherence   Anne S. Huff     331
Developing Theory about the Development of Theory   Henry Mintzberg     355
Managing Organizational Knowledge: Theoretical and Methodological Foundations   Ikujiro Nonaka     373
The Experience of Theorizing: Sensemaking as Topic and Resource   Karl E. Weick     394
Environmental Contingencies and Organizations
The Development of Stakeholder Theory: An Idiosyncratic Approach   R. Edward Freeman     417
Developing Resource Dependence Theory: How Theory is Affected by its Environment   Jeffrey Pfeffer     436
Institutional Theory: Contributing to a Theoretical Research Program   W. Richard Scott      460
Transaction Cost Economics: The Process of Theory Development   Oliver E. Williamson     485
Developing Evolutionary Theory for Economics and Management   Sidney G. Winter     509
An Evolutionary Approach to Institutions and Social Construction: Process and Structure   Lynn G. Zucker   Michael R. Darby     547
Epilogue: Learning to Develop Theory from the Masters   Ken G. Smith   Michael A. Hitt     572
Index     589

Editorial Reviews

"[T]his volume should be read by all aspiring scholars and is well worth inclusion in management doctoral seminars. The personal stories presented in this volume will make readers realize how theory development is not analogous to treading a lonely path, "a bolt of lightening", or even a combination of the two. It is a much more complex social dynamic process fueled by personal insight, commitment, and energy, as well as stimulation by colleagues in the scholarly and managerial communities. We thoroughly enjoyed reading the book and we believe you will too."—Academy of Management Review

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