Organizational structure, slack resources, and corporate social performance

Ji Li; Ying Zhang; Yanghong Hu; Wanxing Jiang

doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2018.13675abstract

Organizational structure, slack resources, and corporate social performance

Ji Li, Ying Zhang, Yanghong Hu, Wanxing Jiang

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The current research of slack-performance relationship pays attention mainly to a set of overlapping slack natures, such as being sticky or absorbed, without sufficient consideration of variables related to the internal structure of a given organization. We posit that this weakness may prevent us from further understanding how different slack resources (the slacks) influence firm performance. Combining the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm with a perspective of international integration (Taylor, Beechler, & Napier, 1996), we propose a new model explaining how organizational-structure-related variables may interact with the slacks and influence firms¡¯ corporate social performance (CSP). Analyzing data from publicly listed US firms (2000¨C2012), we obtain evidence supporting the importance of organizational integration structure for understanding slack-performance relationship.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Academy of Management Proceedings 2018
Editors	Sonia Taneja
Publisher	Academy of Management
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2018.13675abstract
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2018
Event	78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2018: Improving Lives - Chicago, United States Duration: 10 Aug 2018 → 14 Aug 2018 https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting/past-annual-meetings/2018-improving-lives (Conference website) https://journals.aom.org/toc/amproc/2018/1 (Conference proceedings)

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Name	Academy of Management Proceedings
Publisher	Academy of Management
ISSN (Print)	0065-0668
ISSN (Electronic)	2151-6561

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Conference	78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago
Period	10/08/18 → 14/08/18
Internet address	https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting/past-annual-meetings/2018-improving-lives (Conference website) https://journals.aom.org/toc/amproc/2018/1 (Conference proceedings)

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Li, J, Zhang, Y, Hu, Y & Jiang, W 2018, Organizational structure, slack resources, and corporate social performance. in S Taneja (ed.), Academy of Management Proceedings 2018. Academy of Management Proceedings, Academy of Management, 78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2018, Chicago, United States, 10/08/18. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2018.13675abstract

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