The Changing Organization provides a multidisciplinary approach for studying the
management of change under conditions of complexity. Single-discipline approaches …

Purpose–This paper aims to develop a new socio-cognitive theory of the normative
personality of a plural agency like, for instance, an organisation or a political system. This …

However, despite this potential impact of managerial discretion on performance, the
empirical and theoretical literature to date fails to provide a conclusive answer as to whether …

The 2008 recession resulted from the failure of financial institutions including banks, due to
their uncontrolled self-indulgent financial practices leading to a severe economic crisis …

The present chapter holistically assesses the validity and reliability of the study's calibrated
empirical discretion model by applying a new assessment system, ie a cascading hierarchy …

This paper develops a socio-cognitive theory of the normative personality of a plural agency
like for instance an organisation or a political system. The personality is represented through …

This paper develops a socio-cognitive theory of the (normative or organisational) personality
of a plural agency. To do this we first explore the principles of Maruyama's meta-theory of …

This chapter specifies, profiles, and evaluates the unit of analysis chosen for the present
study, ie the manager for whom the impact of discretion on performance is being …

This is a conceptual paper that initiates a new line of theory to provide a coherent framework
for existing theory and programs of research in normative personality and agency theory. It …

This thesis explores the extent to which hospital middle managers can exercise autonomy in
England and Iran. It aims to explain the impact of public management reforms on middle …