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dc.contributor.authorMuurlink, Olav
dc.contributor.authorWilkinson, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorPeetz, David
dc.contributor.authorTownsend, Keith
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:05:02Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:05:02Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2014-08-28T05:04:07Z
dc.identifier.issn1045-3172
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1467-8551.2011.00790.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/41896
dc.description.abstractThe global financial crisis had a sharply asymmetrical impact on the Australian economy, with a minority of firms growing rapidly during 2005-2010. These gazelle firms experienced internal stress - often positive stress or eustress - parallel to macroeconomic shocks, and these internal stresses were largely independent of external factors. Staw, Sandelands and Dutton's heavily cited threat-rigidity theory ('Threat rigidity effects in organizational behavior: a multilevel analysis', Administrative Science Quarterly, 26, pp. 501-552, 1981) suggests that, when exposed to threat, either internal or external, decision-makers respond conservatively, adhering to previously learned solutions rather than responding innovatively. This study examines five young gazelle firms, established just prior to the economic downturn. It explores management responses to internal and external threats and suggests that rigidity plays a role as an independent variable as well as a consequence of crisis. Drawing on the literature on resilience of individuals in the face of trauma, the study finds that autistic managerial response in approaches to performance management in emerging firms during a crisis is likely to produce additional stress. The paper suggests an organizational model for response to stressors based on Lazarus and Folkman's cognitive appraisal model (Stress, Appraisal, and Coping. Berlin: Springer, 1984).
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefromS74
dc.relation.ispartofpagetoS87
dc.relation.ispartofissueS1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBritish Journal of Management
dc.relation.ispartofvolume23
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman resources management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMarketing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman resources and industrial relations
dc.subject.fieldofresearchStrategy, management and organisational behaviour
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode350503
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3506
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3505
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3507
dc.titleManagerial Autism: Threat-Rigidity and Rigidity's Threat
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2012
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPeetz, David R.
gro.griffith.authorTownsend, Keith J.
gro.griffith.authorWilkinson, Adrian J.


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