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Heterogeneity in Organizations

Organizational Economics Proceedings

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Title Heterogeneity in Organizations
 
Creator Prasad, Suraj
Tomaino, Marcus
 
Description We explain why some organizations cohere around a mission, with members having similar mission preferences, whereas other organizations allow their mission to be contested by members whose preferences differ. Like in earlier work, coherence aligns interests over missions. But in contrast to previous work, this alignment comes at the cost of lower motivation: when resources are scarce and when members care about similar missions there is a free riding problem. This tradeoff between mission alignment and free riding determines the optimal mission structure. We draw on several case studies of government agencies to support our theory.
 
Publisher The University of Sydney
 
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Date 2014-03-24
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/OEW/article/view/7540
 
Source Organizational Economics Proceedings; Vol 2, No 1 (2013): 7th Annual Organizational Economics Workshop July 2013
2201-8468
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/OEW/article/view/7540/7856