Organizational performance referents: An empirical examination of their content and influences

By Jeremy C. Short, T. Palmer. 2003

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Subfields: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Contradictory yet Coherent? Inconsistency in Performance Feedback and R&D Investment Change (2018, background): “They found that these CEOs use multiple performance referents (aspiration levels in performance feedback theory terminology) from a variety of sources to evaluate their company’s performance (Short & Palmer, 2003).”
Organizational Learning in Target Setting (2017, background): “The relevance of vicarious learning is likely to be contingent on variables such as industry, financial health, and organizational size and age (Baum & Dahlin, 2007; Shinkle, 2012; Short & Palmer, 2003).”
A comparison of alternative measures of organizational aspirations (2014, background): “The determinates of aspirations also might vary with industry, time period, firm size, or other factors (Short and Palmer, 2003).”
The Cognitive Perspective in Strategy: An Integrative Review (2011, methodology): “…T M = ta xo no m ic m en ta l m od el ; D A = d is cr im in at e an al ys is ; L A = lo g- li ne ar a na ly si s. 328 Journal of Management / January 2011 Short and Palmer (2003) used annual shareholder letters as the source of data to study reference points (or “benchmarks” or “comparators”).”
Impression Management: Developing and Illustrating a Scheme of Analysis for Narrative Disclosures - A Methodological Note (2008, unknown): “Lewellen et al. (1996), Schrand and Walther (2000), Cassar (2001) and Short and Palmer (2003) investigate the selective use of a benchmark to highlight positive changes in earnings.”
Management Theory Applications of Prospect Theory: Accomplishments, Challenges, and Opportunities (2011, unknown): “Indeed, exclusive reliance on archival data implicitly assumes that managers interpret a decision the way researchers interpret it (e.g., Short & Palmer, 2003).”
Construct Validation Using Computer-Aided Text Analysis (CATA) (2010, unknown): “…extract criteria of interest to management scholars, content analysis has been applied to assess elements such as CEO performance comparisons (e.g., Short & Palmer, 2003), aspects of organizational sensemaking (e.g., Gioia & Chittipeddi, 1991), and processes such as organizational sensegiving…”
Organizational Aspirations, Reference Points, and Goals (2012, background): “…insight gained regarding such referents suggests firms use specific reference groups even though industry averages have significant explanatory 434 Journal of Management / January 2012 power (e.g., Fiegenbaum & Thomas, 1995; Ketchen & Palmer, 1999; Lehner, 2000; Park, 2007; Short & Palmer, 2003).”