Understanding organizational wage structures: a resource dependence approach

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Data on the salaries for high level administrative positions in 608 colleges and universities were used to examine the relative salaries for six positions. Controlling for other factors, we found that the incumbents of positions that were more important in private institutions than in public ones were paid comparatively more in private than in public settings. Incumbents of positions that were more important in public institutions received comparatively more pay in those places. The results suggest that the criticality of a position, a factor that varies across work contexts, can help account for variation in wage structures across organizations. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Universities and colleges, Compensation and benefits, Wages, Wages and salaries

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Administrative succession and organizational performance: how administrator experience mediates the succession effect

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A study of the effects of coach succession on subsequent performance in 22 National Basketball Association (NBA) teams indicates that manager turnover had little direct effect on team performance. However, the competence of the successor managers, their previous experience in the NBA or the American Basketball Association, and their success in turning around other teams, had a marked effect on teams' subsequent win- loss records. The research suggests that forecasts of succession effects are dependent upon the competence of the successor selected.

Management, Evaluation, Organizational effectiveness, National Basketball Association, Executive ability, Social groups, Teamwork (Sports), Basketball

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Just a mirage: the search for dispositional effects in organizational research

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There has been renewed interest in dispositional explanations of individual behavior in organizations. We argue that this new stream of dispositional research is flawed both conceptually and methodologically, and we suggest several theoretical and empirical improvements. We conclude by discussing the costs of a dispositional perspective for both organizations and organizational participants. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Executives, Organizational behavior, Working class

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