Managerial Discretion and Performance in China - Towards Resolving the Discretion Puzzle for Chinese Companies and Multinationals (Paperback, 2013 ed.)

The theoretical and empirical literature to date has fallen short of reaching a consensus as to whether granting more managerial discretion to managers tends to enhance, not alter or diminish organizational performance (the discretion puzzle). This book aims to build a bridge between these contradictory results by synthesising principal-agent theory, stewardship theory, and managerial discretion theory into a new empirically-validated model. Using a representative sample of 'double-blind' interviews with managers of 467 firms in China and applying partial least squares path modelling (PLS), the study identifies a potential cause of the discretion puzzle: the failure of the extant literature to account for granularity in the way that managers use their discretion. This generates far-reaching implications for theoretical and empirical research as well as practical recommendations for managing managers in multinationals and Chinese companies.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Contributions to Management Science
Release date:	May 2015
First published:	2013
Authors:	Hagen Wulferth
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	534
Edition:	2013 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-42680-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Business strategy Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > Organizational theory & behaviour Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management of specific areas > Personnel & human resources management Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Sales & marketing > Market research
LSN:	3-642-42680-8
Barcode:	9783642426803

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