Images of Competitive Space: A Study in Managerial and Organizational Strategic Cognition

by G. Hodgkinson

Overview

Based on a study of residential estate agents, comprising one of the most sophisticated datasets ever gathered in the field of managerial and organizational cognition to date, this book provides strong supporting evidence for a number of key theoretical concepts. It powerfully demonstrates why we need well-validated techniques to improve strategic thinking from a psychological standpoint. This volume will be of interest to researchers and advanced students in the field of strategic management, organizational theory and behaviour, organizational psychology and marketing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349508402
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	02/08/2016
Edition description:	1st ed. 2005
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	5.24(w) x 7.99(h) x (d)

About the Author

GERARD P. HODGKINSON is Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Strategic Management at Leeds University Business School, UK. A Chartered Occupational Psychologist, he has conducted consultancy assignments across a wide range of organizations and his research has appeared in a number of the world's leading scholarly applied psychology and management journals and other major outlets. In recognition of the contribution of his research to the development of the psychology of strategic management as an emerging field of study, he has been awarded fellowships of both the British Academy of Management and the British Psychological Society. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Management, a Consulting Editor of the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology and serves on the Editorial Boards of the Academy of Management Review and Organization Science. In 2004 he was awarded a prestigious three-year research fellowship of the Economic and Social Research Council/The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK) Advanced Institute of Management Research. This book is his first major output from that award.

Table of Contents

List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements PART 1: INTRODUCTION Research Agenda and Key Themes The Study Methodological Approach Structure of the Book PART 2: THE COGNITIVE ANALYSIS OF COMPETITION IN INDUSTRIES AND MARKETS Background to the Development of Cognitive Approaches for the Analysis of Competitive Structures Theoretical Developments in the Cognitive Analysis of Competitive Structures Empirical Studies of Competitive Enactment and Related Conceptions: A Review and Critique Methodological Issues in the Analysis of Competitor Cognition Research Agenda PART 3: THE RESEARCH CONTEXT The UK Residential Estate Agency Industry Major Developments in the Industry Relevance of the Industry to the Research Objectives Conclusion PART 4: RESEARCH METHODS AND DESIGN The Research Instruments: Background and Development Sampling and Data Collection Procedures Reliability Analysis and Data Reduction Construct Validity of the Scales Comparison of Returners and Non-returners Summary and Conclusions PART 5: MENTAL MODELS OF COMPETITIVE SPACE AND THEIR CORRELATES Assessing Actors' Mental Models of Competitive Space Results and Discussion Summary and Conclusions PART 6: HOMOGENEITY AND DIVERSITY Inter-organizational Subgroup Comparisons Functional Subgroup Comparisons Summary and Conclusions PART 7: LONGITUDINAL STABILITY Longitudinal Comparison of Market Conditions and Strategic Behaviours Longitudinal Analyses of Mental Models of Competitive Space Summary and Conclusions PART 8: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Implications for Theory Methodological Implications Implications for Practice Limitations Implications for Future Research Conclusion Appendices References